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3.5. How to make a new database.

Q:  I would like to create a second database to keep the two parts of my business, and clients separate.  How can I create a database in addition to the one I already have.

 

A:  The database is basically just a group of files in a folder, so you can create a New (empty) Folder just about anywhere on your computer or network, and EstiMate will create a database there for you the first time you connect to that folder.

 

To create a new database.

• You can either create the new folder from Windows first, or you can create the new folder from EstiMate.

Windows.

• To create the folder from Windows browse to the location on your computer were you want the database folder to reside (e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\EstiMate).  Next right click in the window for that location and select "New" > "Folder".  Now give the folder a name and press Enter.

• Now you can connect to that folder by opening EstiMate (and closing your current database first if it's open), and clicking on the "Connect to Local Folder" button.  Now a window will come up and you can browse to the folder you just created, click on it, and click the OK button.  EstiMate will tell you there's no database there, click "Yes" to create one now.

 

EstiMate.

• To create the folder from EstiMate open EstiMate (close the current database first if it's open), and click either the "New Database" button or the "Connect to Local Folder" button.

• A window will come up for you to browse to a folder.  Browse to the location where you want to create the new folder.  Click on the folder that you want the New Folder to reside in, and then click the "Create Folder" button at the top of that window.

• Give the new folder a name and press Enter.

• Click on the new folder and click the OK button.

• EstiMate will tell you that there is no database there, click "Yes" to create on now.

 

NOTE:  If you use the "New Database" button be sure not to click the "Create Database" button before you've selected a folder for that database otherwise it will put all of the database files on your desktop (and not in a folder, but all over the place).