GUIDELINES FOR RECIEVING YOUR FINISHED ACT! DATABASE

Step I: Start ACT! Click File Open

• Once we are finished with the conversion, we will notify you of the location of your file. You can download it with any browser. For security reasons, it will be known only to you. Just click on the link provided in the email to download the file in to the appropriate folder. The file will come as a WinZip file, for your convenience.
  If you have Windows XP, then you can Extract All. Then you can double click uncompress it into the ACT Database folder. The download process may vary depending on which version you have.
  
  Then you can start ACT! then click on File Open to open the database

Step II: Location of Finished ACT! Database

• The location of this folder may vary. Usually this folder is found in "C:\My Documents\ACT\Databases" You can find this folder by clicking the Start button in the lower left of Windows, then Search for "Databases"
  
  Usually this folder is one of the following:
  C:\ACT...\Databases
  C:\Program Files\ACT...\Databases
  C:\My Documents\ACT...\Databases"

• Note: You will need to temporarily Stop the MS SQL Server Service Manager, in order to place the database. Then Start/Continue it back up. Then restart ACT!

Step III: Replace an Existing ACT! File (Refer to the section for the version of ACT you want to use)

• You could also accomplish this with the ACT! Diagnostics tool by detaching then reattaching the database.
  If you have version ACT!7.0 (2005)or higher, you will have to Detach the Database. Otherwise it will not let you copy or Zip it.
  
  1. Find the ACT diagnostics tool and launch it.
  2. Select the Databases tab
  3. Select the converted ACT database
  4. Right click
  5. Select Detach Database

• You may need to customize the PAD file to suit your drive and folder arrangement.
  
  You can also use the "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\SQLMangr.Exe"
  
  

  ACT! 3.0 (1998) - ACT! 6.0 (2004)

  • The location of this folder may vary. Usually this folder is found in
    
    C:\ACT\Database or
    C:\My Documents\ACT\Database
    
    The files will have the same "first name" and extensions as follows, using the example of the ACT Demo database:

  
  
  

  Data File Index Description ACTDemo.ADB ACTDemo.ADX Activities ACTDemo.BLB   Binary Large Object, Notes, etc. ACTDemo.DBF ACTDemo.MDX Contact data, names, addresses.  This is the primary file you will File Open and the others will open automatically.. ACTDemo.DDF   Definition file ACTDemo.DDB ACTDemo.DDX Drop Down lists ACTDemo.EDB ACTDemo.EDX Email ACTDemo.GDB ACTDemo.GDX Groups ACTDemo.HDB ACTDemo.HDX History ACTDemo.LCK   Lock ACTDemo.REM   Reminders ACTDemo.REL ACTDemo.REX Relations ACTDemo.SDB ACTDemo.SDX Sales ACTDemo.TDB ACTDemo.TDX Transactions

  • When the .DBF file is opened by ACT!, the other files follow automatically.

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