Legacy

Using Legacy 6.0.
Computer crashed two weeks ago.
Had backup files on CD. Reinstalled Legacy today and tried to open the
backup files. Get error message "you don't have permission to open this
file" or
something like this.
All my records (3800 names) are on this backup cd.

Lars Erik Bryld...

- remove write protect flag from backup files. Transferring files to
and from CD's often sets this flag.

What do I do?

Dennis K....

Legacy cannot open a database that resides on a read-only medium. Copy

mojaveg...

From whence came that restriction?

Dennis K....

See the 2nd item on...

Dennis Lee Bieber...

Microsoft... and probably 99% of all other database engines. Legacy
databases are actually Microsoft JET files (commonly known as Access --
though technically JET is the database engine and Access is a GUI
form/report writer). Opening and viewing a record tends to require the
creation of locks (to prevent multiple updates in parallel).

the backup to your hard-drive, make sure the file on the hard-drive does
not have the read-only flag set, and open it (or restore) from there.

John...

That's a restriction from the Access database engine that Legacy uses.

Dennis Lee Bieber...

Copy all the relevant files from the CD to hard-disk. THEN, on the
hard disk, right click the files and make sure they are not flagged
"read only".