In principle there is no conversion necessary to use a
repository created with a single-user
version of MetaEdit+
via a server as a multi-user repository. In practice the files and directory
structure of the database will often be moved to another machine, sometimes even
a different platform. In addition to assigning access rights to the files on
your file system (see Section
2.1), you
must change any absolute paths
stored in the
artbase.roo and
manager.ab
files. You can change the
artbase.roo file and the
manager.ab files from the server
Maintenance
menu (see Sections
2.3 and
3.3.1), before you start the server on
the repository. You can then start up the server on the repository (see Section
2.3) and then login for the first time
as a client (Section
2.4).
Also, if you are converting a single-user repository from
an older version of MetaEdit+, you will need a special repository
patch
(available from MetaCase Consulting) to upgrade the
data in the repository to work with the new version of MetaEdit+.