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Steps - How to start? - Step 1
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ACTIVATING A DATABASE
In the SPRING system, the information is organized in
Databases, which are stored in a folder named with the same name as the
Database. In order to use the SPRING a Database has to be active. Next
we will show how to turn an specific Database active.
Activating
a Database:
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click in File and Database ..., in the
main menu, or in the button
in the toolbar. The window "Databases" will
show up.

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click in Directory...;
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the window "Directory Selection";
will show up. In this window, select the folder C:\Program
Files\spring42_Eng\springdb where the database "DF" was
installed (as shown below).
IMPORTANT: Every
database corresponds to a folder which includes other folders and files. The
SPRING system recognizes that a folder is a database, in this case "DF", thus
click only the folder immediately above the one which has the database, in this
case springdb.;
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click the OK button
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The Directory Selection window closes and we are back
to the Databases window, select DF in the list;
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click on Activate/Load
so the database will be activated.
NOTES:
The SPRING windows have action buttons in their bottom part. The Close button
closes the window and does not execute any action. The Help button
starts the "on-line" Help. In order to use the on-line help the Internet
Explorer Browser (IE) has to be installed in your computer. If you don't have
IE installed in your machine or if you don't want to install IE, you can still
access the help files directly using the file c:\Program
Files\spring42_Eng\helpeng\indice.htm,
loading this file in any other browser or editor.
In the "Databases" window there are the
buttons Delete and Create..
The Delete button removes all the
data from the selected database from the Databases list. The Create
button allows a new database to be created. These buttons can not be used if
the data is stored in a CDROM drive.
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