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+ | ====== Share records created in RIMMF ====== | ||
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+ | //**To BE UPDATED**// | ||
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+ | Until such time as we implement a nice web interface to RIMMF records, the following steps may be used to share your records with other users: | ||
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+ | - Email: RIMMF records are simple text files, so you can attach them individually to an email message | ||
+ | - Shared folder: You can place RIMMF records in a shared folder on your local network. | ||
+ | - Zip archive: If you have a group or collection of records that you want to share, it may be more useful to ' | ||
+ | - Web archive: If you have access to a webserver, you may zip the records that you want to share and publish them to the webserver. In that case, you need only send the link to whomever you want to share the records with. | ||
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+ | ===== Receiving records ===== | ||
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+ | There is a bit of background you should know before you decide what to do with records you receive. | ||
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+ | RIMMF saves all of your records in a folder named ' | ||
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+ | If you used the [[: | ||
+ | My Documents\RIMMF\data | ||
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+ | If you used the [[: | ||
+ | [setupRIMMF1]\RIMMF\data | ||
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+ | The name of your default folder is always displayed at the bottom of the main form (beginning with update 12.04.06): | ||
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+ | {{: | ||
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+ | RIMMF opens your current default folder every time the program is started((and it is from the records in this folder that the [[menu: | ||
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+ | RIMMF includes an option to switch this ' | ||
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+ | So, if you are receiving a batch of records from someone, you may either: | ||
+ | * copy those records to your own data folder (to include them with your own records) and open them there; or | ||
+ | * make a new folder, and copy those records to the new folder; then, start RIMMF and use the [[menu: | ||
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+ | One thing to check if you are going to add records to your default data folder: make sure the record filenames have [[menu: | ||
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+ | ===== Web archive ===== | ||
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+ | If you have a link to a web archive (by archive we mean a ' | ||
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+ | * Go to the Tools menu, and select [[menu: | ||
+ | * A small form will pop-up; enter the URL you received into the top box, and press ' | ||
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+ | {{: | ||
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+ | If all goes as planned, RIMMF will: | ||
+ | * download the archive from the URL to your computer | ||
+ | * copy it to the ' | ||
+ | * unzip the contents to a temp folder((the name of this temp folder will be added to the 'Data folder' | ||
+ | * load the downloaded records into your Entity Index | ||
+ | * rebuild any associated tables | ||
+ | * open the Entity Index showing the newly-downloaded records | ||
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+ | From the Entity Index, you may navigate, etc., the records in the new database as if they were your own. | ||
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+ | If you decide you would like to add any of these records to your own collection, you can close RIMMF and copy them by dragging and dropping them from the download folder into your default ' | ||
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+ | Or, if you plan on viewing/ | ||
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+ | ==== Web-Sharing example ==== | ||
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+ | On Deborah' | ||
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+ | Follow these steps to copy that file of records to your RIMMF folder, as a new folder, and open the file: | ||
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+ | * Start RIMMF | ||
+ | * Got to ' | ||
+ | * Copy John's link from above | ||
+ | * Paste the link into the Download Web Folder form above | ||
+ | * Press the Fetch button | ||