Splus 4.0

Using Splus 3.3 objects in Splus 4.0

In general, objects created by Splus 3.3 should be compatible with Splus 4.0.

• If you have created files using data.dump() in 3.3 and then data.restore() in 4.0 should work:

• data.dump(objects(), "c:\\temp\\dumpfile") in 3.3
• data.restore("c:\\temp\\dumpfile") in 4.0

This is the safest way to save your data and transfer it between systems.

• If you have a _data directory (or a library) from 3.3, you can use attach().For example attach("a:\\_data") will allow you to use the objects in the _data directory on a diskette in the a: drive. You can also

• Click on the search path in the left window of the object browser
• Click on the search path icon with the right mouse button in right window
• This will pop up a menu and choosing "Attach database" will pop up a window prompting you to give the name of the database containing the saved data objects (e.g. a:\\_data in the example above.)
• After you've attached a database, to get the objects to appear in the object browser you need to do a filtering of the database. The filtering window is generated by clicking on the right mouse button in white space of the right browser window and choosing "Filtering..." from the pop-up menu.

Splus 3.3 seems to be able to use most Splus 4.0 objects.

Some other issues that may arise in using Splus 4.0