For information on moving WorkingArtist to a new computer running Windows Vista, please see the Knowledge Base article Moving WorkingArtist to a New Computer running Windows Vista.

Moving WorkingArtist 3.0 to a New Computer.

1. Install WorkingArtist 3.0 onto the new computer. You can use either a CD or download the Full Trial version from the WorkingArtist web site.

2. Make an extra backup copy of artdat30.mdb from your old computer.

3. Copy your artdat30.mdb file from the WorkingArtist 3.0 directory on the old computer to the WorkingArtist 3.0 directory on the new computer. The directory is probably C:\Program Files\WorkingArtist30.
PLEASE NOTE, you should not copy all the files from WA 3.0 onto the new computer, just the artdat30.mdb file.

How to Copy your artdat30.mdb file from the WorkingArtist folder on the Old Computer

To copy your file use one of these options:

1. Burn it onto CD. Basic instructions for burning onto CD using Adaptec.

2. Copy it to a zip disk. You will need a zip drive on both computers.

3. Use WinZip (http://www.WinZip.com) to compress it onto diskette. You will need to install WinZip on both computers. Basic instructions for using WipZip.

4. Send an email with the file as an attachment to yourself from the old computer. Pick it up on the new computer.

5. Upload the file to your website from the old computer and download it from the new computer.

6. Network the two computers and simply copy the file from one to the other through Windows Explorer and Network Neighborhood.

Paste your artdat30.mdb file to the WorkingArtist30 folder on the new computer.

To copy your artdat30.mdb file from your CD or zip disk to the WorkingArtist30 directory on the new computer.

1. Insert the CD or zip disk into the appropriate drive.

2. Right click on the MyComputer icon on your desktop and then click on Explore to go into Windows Explorer.

3. In the left section of Windows Explorer locate the device drive letter where the old copy of your artdat30.mdb file is, for example, the CD Drive or the Zip Drive letter. Double click on it to open it.

4. In the Right section of Windows Explorer, click once on artdat30.mdb to highlight it.

5. Click on the Copy button on your toolbar or select Edit/Copy. This copies the file to the Windows Clipboard.

6. In the Left section of Windows Explorer, locate the "C:\" drive (if this is where you installed WorkingArtist30)

7. Double-click on the C drive and scroll down to Program Files.

8. Double-click on Program Files and scroll down to WorkingArtist30.

9. Double-click on WorkingArtist30 to open the folder.

10. Without clicking on anything else, select File/Paste or simply click on the Paste button on your toolbar. This will copy the artdat30.mdb file from the Windows clipboard to the WorkingArtist30 directory.

11. You will get a prompt that asks you if you want to overwrite once file with another. If you are sure that the file you are copying from is the correct file and the one you are overwriting is an empty file, then say "yes.".

12. If you have copied from a CD, then Right click on the artdat30.mdb file. Then click on Properties. Uncheck the Read Only attribute. (Burning a file onto a CDR makes it Read Only).

13. Close Windows Explorer and open WorkingArtist. Your data file should be there.

You cannot use a diskette to copy the file unless you compress the file using WinZip. You can download WinZip from http://www.WinZip.com. You must install WinZip on both computers. You can use a zip disk if you have a zip drive on both computers, or if you have internet access from both computers, you can email the file to yourself from one computer and pick it up on the other computer.

Artwork Images do Not Display in WorkingArtist on New Computer.

Sometimes when moving to a new computer, a user notices that their artwork images no longer display in WorkingArtist.

Artwork images are not stored in the WorkingArtist program. WorkingArtist only stores the "path" to an artwork image. The path is a description of the folder/file location on the hard drive. For example, if you store the image in a folder called "Slides" on your C Drive, the path will be "C:/Slides." When you page to an artwork record, WorkingArtist links to the image file using the path location of the file.

If the location of the folder changes, the path will also change and the images will not display in WorkingArtist. This might happen if moving to a new computer where path names are configured differently from the old computer.

For example, I have an image stored in a folder "paintings" located in my documents\my pictures. Notice that even though the image is stored in the same folder located in my documents\my pictures, the image path can vary on different computers:

1. Test Computer running Windows 2000:
c:\documents and settings\ADMINISTRATOR\my documents\my pictures\paintings\image.jpg

2. Test Computer running Windows XP (Home):
c:\documents and settings\COLIN\my documents\my pictures\paintings\image.jpg

To resolve this problem, the user can either ensure that their image folder is in the same location as on the old computer, or they can create a new default folder for images. This will tell WorkingArtist in which location to find the folder with the image files.

These instructions are written for WorkingArtist 3.06.03a or later. If you have an earlier version, you may need to update.

1. From the Main Switch Board, click on the Artwork icon to display the View Artwork screen.

2. Click on Change Default (lower right hand corner of the screen) to display the Change Slide Path screen. Here we will select the default folder with your images.

3. Click on the Browse button to display the Browse for Folder screen.

4. Locate and select the appropriate folder and click OK to accept.

5. Enter the new file extension.

6. Click Save and then Close.

7. In View Artwork, click on Change Folder for All Images. This will change the slide path for all artworks with image files located in the selected folder.

8. After you have completed the above steps, check to make certain that all images are displaying correctly.

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