Using 2 Computers

[xcaseuk2]

After using Actinic and for the last 4 years we have grown our site where we have one person killing the other as one wants to update the website and the other needs to do the orders. I think this will end in Divorce if i do not sort something out.

So I have downloaded another trial version, added actinic to another computer and got one for design and the other for downloads.

I knew I would lose stock tracking and can live with that but have a problem that Pc1 does not get the new items update and that is a real pain for offline order taking.

Probably a simple answer (Get network version probably) but in the meantime how can I transport the items contents only from Pc 2- Pc1 without overwriting all the orders on Pc-1.

[Mike Hughes]

Make a snapshot and import it into the new machine. make sure that 'overwite target orders' is NOT ticked.

Do a backup of the actinic database first to make sure you don't lose your order history.

Mike

PS. Actinic also does 'order manager' to allow order processing on a second PC.

[xcaseuk2]

2 Pc's

Thanks Mike That Will Save Me a Few £

[buspassjohn]

Make a snapshot and import it into the new machine. make sure that 'overwite target orders' is NOT ticked.

Do a backup of the actinic database first to make sure you don't lose your order history.

Mike

PS. Actinic also does 'order manager' to allow order processing on a second PC.

Be careful useing this method if you are on Business 7.0.3, I tried this method last week and in spite of making sure the 'overwrite target orders' was not ticked, the snapshot import did wipe out all the orders regardless.
I don't know if this is a bug in this version or if something else in my machines caused this but I'm not risking it again, I managed to re-instate to the previous evening data backup but had to manually enter all the night and days orders from print outs and double check that nothing was missed out.

[KenWheeler]

I'm a complete newcomer to Actinic but isn't the easy way just to 'Export' the Catalog data and then import it to machine 2?

i.e. 'Files/Export/' then tick 'Catalog and create a comma delimited or tab delimted file.

Ken

[wjcampbe]

If all you needed was catalog data, that would be fine, but you need the template files, the images, the business, design, security and network settings....