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It is possible for a TntMPD database to become corrupted. This condition renders the database completely useless. This can happen if TntMPD is writing to the database during a power failure. Another possibility is that you could have a major hard drive failure. If you don't have a fairly recent backup...
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TntConnect's user guide has a great reference on this: How to copy a TntConnect database to a new location What follows is additional information and ideas: If you know how to copy a file to another computer, you can easily transfer your TntConnect database to another computer. It's as easy as...
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What is a TntMPD database? All of the information you store in TntMPD is stored in a database file. A TntMPD database file name ends with the .mpddb extension. Under the "File" menu you can create a "New" database, "Open" an existing database, and "Close" the database...
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A more sophisticated approach to keeping two databases in sync is to use TntSync. This approach works best with a large format drive that you can share between two computers. What I have in mind here are a Zip drive, Jazz drive, LS-120, network shared drive, USB flash drive, or an external hard drive...
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Open TntMPD and then under the File menu, click on Close . You should see a blank screen with something like this in the middle: Pay attention to the list of recently used databases . If there is more than one, then it's possible that you double-clicked on an older backup copy of your database. If...
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It is relatively safe for multiple people to simultaneously edit the same TntMPD database over the network. Special care is needed to avoid data corruption. Let me unpack this: TntMPD uses a file-based database system (MS Jet/Access to be precise). If TntMPD's connection to the database file is interrupted...
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How do I manually keep two copies of my database in sync? Let's say you normally keep your database on your home computer and that you're going on a support trip and you want to take your laptop with you. You could transfer your database to your laptop and go on your support trip. Then when you...
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As you use TntMPD you might notice that the file can start to grow large. One of the things that you can do to reduce the amount of hard drive space that your database file is using is to "compact" your file. Under the "File", click on "Compact and Repair Database". Keep...
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Why is my main screen in TntMPD mostly grayed out? If TntMPD does not have a database currently open, the main screen will be mostly grayed out. To open a database into TntMPD you can either select your database using "Open" under the "File" menu, or you can just double-click on the...