Chapter 4
Working with Parts
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6.
Click
Start
. A dialog box displays with the following options:
•
Auto-Rename
—Parts will be saved with modified names in the
new database.
•
Overwrite
—Parts will overwrite new parts with the same name.
•
Ignore
—Parts with the same name will nobe be merged.
7.
Select the desired option and click
OK
. The parts from the source
database are merged into the target database, based on the option
selected above.
8.
Click
Close
to close the
Database Merge
dialog box.
Converting Databases
If you are a user of an earlier version of Ultiboard, your
User Database
and
Corporate Database
must be converted to Ultiboard 10 format if you wish
to use their components in Ultiboard.
Note
The option to convert the
Ultiboard Master
database is not available, as a new
Ultiboard Master
database is loaded when you install Ultiboard.
Complete the following steps to update your databases to Ultiboard 10
format:
1.
Select
Tools»Database»Convert Database
. The
Select Type
dialog
box appears.
2.
Select either
Convert V6/V7 database
or
Convert V8/V9 database
and click
OK
. The
Convert Database
dialog box appears.
3.
Click
Select a Database File Name
in the
Source Database
area. The
Select a Database File Name
dialog box displays.
4.
Navigate to the location of the database that you wish to convert (your
source database), select the database type in the
Files of type
drop-down list, select the database and click
Open
. You are returned
to the
Convert Database
dialog box.
5.
Select the
Target Database
. This is the database into which you will
merge the converted parts from your
Source Database
.
•
Corporate Database
—Parts from the source database will be
converted and added to the
Corporate Database
.
•
User Database
—parts from the source database will be converted
and added to the
User Database
.
6.
Click
Start
. The
Duplicate Part Name
dialog box displays.
