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| 2 | UP arb.hlp |
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| 3 | UP glossary.hlp |
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| 7 | # Hypertext links in helptext can be added like this: LINK{ref.hlp|http://add|bla@domain} |
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| 9 | #************* Title of helpfile !! and start of real helpfile ******** |
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| 10 | TITLE Save Database |
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| 11 | |
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| 12 | OCCURRENCE ARB_NT/File/Quicksave changes |
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| 13 | ARB_NT/File/Save whole database as ... |
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| 14 | ARB_NT/<file icons in top area> |
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| 15 | ARB_NT/<button with database name in top area> (read WARNINGS!) |
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| 16 | ARB_MERGE/Save whole target DB as ... |
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| 17 | ARB_MERGE/Quick-save changes of target DB |
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| 18 | ARB_MERGE/File/Save source DB ... |
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| 19 | ARB_EDIT4/File/Quicksave changes |
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| 20 | ARB_EDIT4/File/Save whole database as ... |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | DESCRIPTION To save the entire database, choose 'Save whole database as ...' |
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| 23 | from the 'File' menu of the 'ARB_NT' window. |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | Select or enter the filename as which your database should be saved. |
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| 26 | |
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| 27 | Select the database type: |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | * Binary (recommended, reasonable sequence compression) |
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| 30 | * Binary+Fastload (uses a huge file to speedup loading database into ARB; whether there |
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| 31 | really is some speedup depends on your system and machine, try it out) |
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| 32 | * Ascii (human-readable; extra HUGE) |
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| 33 | |
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| 34 | Select extra compression: |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | * None (compatible with arb 6.0.x and older) |
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| 37 | * otherwise ARB uses the selected command line compressor (like gzip, bzip2, xz) |
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| 38 | to compress the database during save. When loading a database, arb detects |
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| 39 | if a database is extra-compressed and automatically selects the correct |
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| 40 | decompressor. |
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| 41 | |
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| 42 | Note: you may rename an extra-compressed .arb file into .arb.gz or .arb.bz2 before |
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| 43 | giving it away to a pre-arb-6.0 user. He will be able to open it using |
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| 44 | an archive manager and extract the contained .arb manually. |
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| 45 | |
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| 46 | SECTION Quicksaving |
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| 47 | |
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| 48 | You may also save only the changes done to the database, |
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| 49 | using 'Quicksave changes' or 'Quicksave changes as' (accessible |
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| 50 | via the DB name button in the ARB_NT top area). |
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| 51 | |
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| 52 | 'Quicksave changes' saves all changes to the database |
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| 53 | 'data.arb' to a file 'data.aXX' where XX is a numbered from |
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| 54 | 01 to 99 and 00 (means 100). |
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| 55 | |
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| 56 | This is normally much faster than saving the entire database and |
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| 57 | results in much less disc consumption. |
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| 58 | |
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| 59 | Each time you save your changes, XX is increased by one. |
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| 60 | The last 10 data.aXX do not get deleted instantly, allowing you to |
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| 61 | step back to an older state. |
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| 62 | |
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| 63 | All data.aXX are independent and you may delete old changes |
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| 64 | files without losing data (as long as the latest is unchanged). |
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| 65 | |
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| 66 | When you start arb you can choose among the different files: |
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| 67 | |
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| 68 | enter 'arb filename.arb' to search and load the latest changes, |
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| 69 | |
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| 70 | enter 'arb filename.aXX' to load a user-defined version. |
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| 71 | |
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| 72 | NOTES Loading a specific quick save is also possible from the ARB INTRO window. |
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| 73 | To do so, enter '*' as suffix. |
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| 74 | |
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| 75 | Some database changes would cause huge-size quick-save files. |
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| 76 | Therefore ARB disables the ability to quick-save the database after |
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| 77 | several operations (e.g. when changing the order of database entries). |
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| 78 | If you try to quick-save, you will get an error message. |
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| 79 | |
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| 80 | In ARB_MERGE, saving will be disabled |
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| 81 | * for target database (when called via LINK{arb_merge_into.hlp}) |
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| 82 | * for source database (when called via LINK{arb_merge_outof.hlp}) |
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| 83 | |
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| 84 | WARNINGS Using 'Quicksave changes as' is quite special. In that case the original |
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| 85 | database gets locked (i.e. cannot be saved). Don't use that feature if |
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| 86 | you don't understand what that means. |
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| 87 | |
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| 88 | BUGS Hopefully no real bugs. |
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