Re: changing data directory
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Posted by Mark on January 17, 2000 at 20:05:42:
In Reply to: changing data directory posted by Charlie Woll on January 16, 2000 at 20:04:24:
: I have changed the location of the data directory. Of course the Portfolios no longer point to the correct files. Can I change the directory that the portfolios want to look at? (description of the full file path in portfolio) Hi Charlie,
Which version of FM are you using? As of FM 4.0 and later, portfolios
now store the path to their investments, as relative to the location
of the portfolio file itself. This allows you to move your whole data
directory to a new location, without having to modify your portfolio.
If you are using an older version of FM, or the relative path changed,
you will have to either re-create or modify your portfolios. Portfolios
are fairly easy to re-create as you can open multiple investments at once
with the "File/Open Investment(s)..." command. Portfolio files (*.mm4) are
just text files, so if you want, you can edit them with a text editor, to
update the path of the investments. A global search/replace could come
in handy. Thanks,
Mark
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Mark Beiley
Fund Manager for Windows 3.1x/95/98/NT
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