Moving the application files

You can use the Datacap Application wizard to copy a Microsoft Access based application and move it to a folder on another computer.

About this task

The following steps are not required to use a DB2®, Microsoft SQL Server, or Oracle database. These steps describe how to copy an application, move it to another environment, and update the appropriate paths. For example, when you want to move an application between Test and Production systems and update the paths to the fingerprints. You can also rename the application when you move it.

You use the Datacap Application Copy Tool copy and move the application and its databases at the same time.

Procedure

To move the application files:

  1. Open Start > All Programs > IBM Datacap Developer Tools > Datacap Studio.
  2. Click Datacap application wizard.
  3. At the Overview window, click Next.
  4. Select Copy an existing RRS application and click Next.
  5. Select the name of the application that you want to copy. For example, select TravelDocs.
  6. In the Root folder on target system field, click [...] and select the database server where you want to copy the application. For example, select C:\Datacap.
  7. In the Datacap Web folder field, click [...] and select the folder on the Datacap Client where the application is installed. For example, select C:\Datacap\tmweb.net.
  8. Select Rename Copy and type the name of the application in the New Name field.
  9. Click Next to collect the information to use to copy the application.
  10. Click Finish to copy the application to the target database server.
  11. Set the Oracle setting in the apps.ini.
    1. Go to the Datacap\tmweb.net\apps.ini and copy the App_name section.
    2. Rename the App_name section to match your new application name.
    3. Locate the line Oracle in the App_name section.
    4. Change this field to read Oracle=1 for DB2 or Oracle. For SQL Server, use Oracle=0.
    5. Locate the DateTimeSeparator line and change it to read DateTimeSeparator='.
    6. Save your changes.
Parent topic: Configuring Datacap databases