[APBeta] V1 to V2 Convertor V1.0b2

[Paul Rodman]

On Jun 18, 2008, at 19:51 , Paul Rodman wrote:

>> It's greyed out. See attached
>
> OK, good point. As it stands, if the convertor app finds that a  
> particular file already exists at its expected destination, it will  
> assume it has already been converted and disable the checkbox.  What  
> I should add is a means to overwrite (with a warning) existing files.
>
> Meantime you could go and rename or delete the "new" Observation  
> Database file and run the converter again. Use Help->Where's My  
> Stuff from within AP V2 to find where the target is on your hard disk.
>
> Meantime I'll add a feature to the converter app to allow overwriting.

Hang on a minute. Ignore the above. Sorry.

If the source file is not found then the checkbox is disabled.

The problem in you case is, I suspect, that you have put your  
Observation Database file elsewhere (not in the same folder as the  
AstroPlanner V1 app), and used the setting in Preferences- 
 >Observations to point to it. The converter app isn't quite clever  
enough and doesn't read the V1 preferences.

I guess I should add that feature.

Meantime, move a copy of your "Observation Database" file back into  
the same folder as the V1-toV2 converter app and all should be well.

Paul R.