Miscellaneous

Digita FileCabinet Conversion Utility dialog

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This dialog provides optimizing and reformatting options for improving the speed and performance of Digita FileCabinet.
To open the Digita FileCabinet Conversion Utility dialog, choose Help > Repair, and click the Conversion Utility button in the Drawers tab. You can also open this dialog when starting Digita FileCabinet by clicking the Yes button if a message appears indicating that some drawers are not using the multiple-file format.
  • You must enter the master password (if one has been created) to run the Digita FileCabinet conversion utility.
  • Digita FileCabinet uses an automatic locking feature for the conversion process.
note
If any other users are accessing Digita FileCabinet either directly or through another application that interfaces with Digita FileCabinet, you will not be able to open the Digita FileCabinet Conversion Utility dialog. When this dialog is open, no other Digita FileCabinet users or users of applications that integrate with Digita FileCabinet will be able to access Digita FileCabinet.

Fields & buttons

Data Location
From this field, choose the data location of the drawers you want to convert. This field shows all data locations specified in the Data Locations tab of the System Configuration dialog.
Available drawers
Displays a list of drawers available for conversion. Select drawers by highlighting them, and click the Select button to move the drawers to the right pane.
Selected drawers
Displays a list of drawers selected for conversion.
To remove drawers from this list, select drawers by clicking them, and click the Remove button to move the drawers to the left pane.
Options
This section contains the following drawer conversion checkboxes. You can choose one or both conversion options.
  • Store drawer data in a multiple-file format for faster file access
    . Mark this checkbox to have Digita FileCabinet store each drawer as a group of multiple files, instead of as a single file. We recommend converting all drawers using this option.
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     When you start Digita FileCabinet, you will receive a message when one or more clients from any data location is not currently stored in the multiple-file format.
  • Optimize performance
    for Windows XP and higher systems
    . This feature uses technology that is part of the Windows XP and higher operating systems to optimize application performance. Therefore, mark this checkbox only when all computers that will access drawers to be converted are running Windows XP or higher operating systems.
    Before optimizing drawer data, verify that all computers in your organization, including those used in home offices and laptops used in the field, are running Windows XP or higher operating systems.
    note
    Drawer optimization is not applicable to database data locations.
Convert button
Click this button to begin the conversion process.

This article applies to:

  • Product: digita-filecabinet