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RE: SIMPLE PROBLEM
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Author: Linda K
Posted: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:40:00 -0800
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Dear Marisa,
A RefMan database (what you see within RefMan) comprises two files
(which you can locate using Windows Explorer). The two files are named
identically except for the last letter of the extension: one will be
database.rmd, which is the data, and the other will be database.rmx,
which is the indexing (where "database" is whatever you have named your
database).
If you only have one of those files, that's the reason you can't open
your database. I hope the one you have is .rmd!
Open RefMan
Close all databases
Tools/Rebuild Database
point it to the .rmd file
It will rebuild the .rmx file
Once you have both, you should be able to open your database again.
If you cannot see extensions (.xxx) in Windows Explorer, go to Windows
Explorer Tools/Folder Options/View and UNCHECK "Hide file extensions for
known file types". It's the default to have that checked, but it's
lethal with RefMan--if they can't see the extensions (and how they
differ), people often think they have a duplicate database and delete
one of the files. That generates the kind of problem you are having.
Cheers,
Karyn
Karyn Popham
Reference Wrangler
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research School of Public
Health University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
"Linda.K.Popham"
713-500-9665
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