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2.7 Creating a New Repository

You may wish at some point to create a completely new, empty repository, containing no projects, metamodels or models. For instance, you may want to use none of the methods supplied with MetaEdit+, but rather only your own method, that you will define with the MetaEdit+ Method Workbench. (If you simply want to return to abandon any changes you have made in the original MetaEdit+ repository, simply suspend any server running on it and delete the repository directory and all its files. You can then reinstall the original MetaEdit+ repository).

The start of the procedure for creating a new repository differs slightly in the single and multi-user versions: in the multi-user version the creation is started in the server, whereas in the single user version (where there is of course no server), it is started in the client. Here we describe the operations in the server: after this you should continue with creation as described under client administration in Section 3.1.1.

In the Server Launcher, press Server Start Up, and choose New database from the pop-up menu that opens. You will be prompted for the new repository’s name and root directory. The name of the repository is that which will be shown to the user: there are no restrictions on the format of the name. The path should in general be a relative path, and you should make sure that the path you enter is legal in all client platforms that will access the repository. Next you will be asked for a socket number, and should accept the default given (initially 6666) unless you know this is already in use. The server is now started on the new repository, and you can proceed as described in Section 3.1.1.

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