Due to the possibility
of data loss when moving your current patient database from one location to
another, a back-up of the database is strongly recommended before
the move.In XrayVision (XV), the patient database can reside on any computer on the network. The Patient databases can be moved to any remote location and mounted by XV no matter where it resides on the network. Methods depend on whether or not the Advanced Database / Mobile Computing Extension is installed.
Due to the possibility
of data loss when moving your current patient database from one location to
another, a back-up of the database is strongly recommended before
the move.
Select a topic or scroll down for complete instructions:
To manually move the patient database to a remote location on the network:
Make sure that XV is not running on any of the workstations on the network.
Copy/move the /Patients/ folder to the new location on the network.
Share the newly located folder with full read/write permissions for 'Everyone'.
The Advanced Database.DLL extension component adds advanced database and mobile computing options to the XV application.
Advanced database
functions should only be used by system administrators. These functions will
rarely be used but are included to accommodate special circumstances for XV
users and special network demands. Misuse of some of these functions may result
in the loss of important patient and image data!
To move the patient database:
Make sure that XV is not running on any of the computers on the network.
Start XV on one computer only .
Select Database > Advanced Database > Move Current Database from the menu at the top of the screen.
Select the drive and directory to which the database should be moved. Apteryx highly recommends specifying the patient database by going through My Network Places instead of selecting a drive letter.
If the selected target directory is ... |
What will happen ... |
A database directory (the selected directory itself contains a list
of patient sub-directories) |
The imported database will be merged with the database in the selected directory |
A directory containing one or more database directories |
The imported database will be added to the list of databases in the directory (and will not be merged). |
Just another directory |
The imported database will simply be moved to the new directory. |
Once the patient database has been removed to a remote location on the network, it must be mounted within XV (i.e. the new location must be specified within the software).
Start XV on one computer only.
Select Database > Advanced Database > Select Current database from the menu at the top of the screen.
A warning indicated that the change will apply to all licensed copies appears. Click OK to continue.
Navigate to the new location of the /Patients/ folder and click on the Open button. Note: Apteryx highly recommends navigating to the specified directory via My Network Places instead of selecting a mapped drive letter.
Note that the XV title bar now indicates a remote database has been mounted.
To force the the storing of the new location in XV's global settings, exit the application. Launch XV on other workstations to assure the remote database is mounted.
The Advanced Database.DLL extension component adds advanced database and mobile computing options to the XV application.
Advanced database
functions should only be used by system administrators. These functions will
rarely be used but are included to accommodate special circumstances for XV
users and special network demands. Misuse of some of these functions may result
in the loss of important patient and image data!
To mount a remote patient database:
Make sure that XV is not running on any of the computers on the network.
Start XV on one computer.
Select Database > Advanced
Database > Select Current Database from the menu
at the top of the screen.
Select the appropriate database from the available databases. For more information on using the Advanced Database / Mobile Computing extension, please refer to its on-line documentation available under Other Topics in the Help menu of the XV application.
To force the the storing of the new location in XV's global settings, exit the application. Launch XV on other workstations to assure the remote database is mounted.