Database Upgrade Procedure

Skip this section if you do not have an earlier version of Icam Post on your system.

The following steps must be taken to upgrade post-processors from an existing V25.1 or earlier database to the new V26 database prior to editing them. Follow the steps below carefully for a successful upgrade.

  1. Start QUEST and select Database»Open Database from the menu bar to browse for and open the version V25.1 or earlier database. You can open a QUEST 2000/13 or later database created on any computer system, but you can only open a V12 and earlier database by running QUEST on the same Windows or UNIX computer type that the database was created on.

  1. The database you just selected and opened will now appear in the database navigator. Click on the database name to set the focus and then select Database»Upgrade… from the menu bar. You can also right click on the database to access the Upgrade function from a context sensitive pop-up window. If the Upgrade option is grayed out (i.e., is not selectable), this means that the database is already in the latest format and it does not have to be upgraded.

  1. After selecting the Upgrade option, you will be prompted for the name of the new database. By default, QUEST will suggest that the new database be named campost.dbf and that it be created in the work subdirectory of the ICAM application data directory (see “Application Data Directory”). If a non-empty database by that name already exists in the work subdirectory, then QUEST will suggest instead that the upgraded database be created in the same directory as the original and have the same name with _260 appended. Attempting to upgrade to an existing database will overwrite the contents of the target database (you will be asked for confirmation before proceeding).

  1. When the upgrade completes, the new V26 database will be listed along with the old one in the database navigator. You can remove the old database from the navigator window by first selecting the old database and then selecting Database»Close from the menu bar. This only removes the database from the navigator window, it does not delete or otherwise change the database itself.

  1. When the target database of the upgrade is not campost.dbf in the work subdirectory, you may want to subsequently copy the contents of the newly upgraded database there. You can merge the contents of an upgraded database with that of another V26 database by first selecting the newly upgraded database, then selecting Database»Copy to database… from the menu bar. You will be prompted to browse for the target database, which must be one already created using V26.

  1. You are advised to run a series of tests against each upgraded post-processor to ensure that problems have not been introduced by upgrading to the new release.

Note that upgrading the database is only necessary if you intend on making changes to post-processors using QUEST. Icam Post GENER V26 is quite capable of directly accessing a V25.1 or earlier database.