View Databases
View Demo Data:
ProprioSoft is shipped with a non-persistent demonstration database. From the File drop down menu, select View Demo Data. You will get a message saying that you are now connected to the Demo database and that you are able to make changes but the modified data will not be persistent. Also, you do not have access to the Year End Closing function in Demo. The status bar is also updated to display DEMO in red providing you with a constant visual reminder that you are connected to Demo.
Whatever database you were connected to before will be safely shutdown. Demo is automatically the default database when using an unregistered copy of ProprioSoft. With a registered copy, the default is always Production upon startup.
View Production Data:
ProprioSoft is shipped with a default production database. This database only contains one expense and one income default accounts but is otherwise empty and ready to accept your data. From the File drop down menu, select View Production Data. You will get a message saying that you are now connected to the Production database. The status bar is also updated to display PRODUCTION in red providing you with a constant visual reminder that you are connected to Production. Whatever database you were connected to before will be safely shutdown. Production is automatically the default database when using a registered copy of ProprioSoft. With an unregistered copy, the default is always Demo upon startup. You can access the Production database in the unregistered version but you are limited to only one building and one unit.
View Archived Data:
Archived databases are created when you invoke the Year End Closing function. These databases are read-only so they cannot be modified and be confused with Production. From the File drop down menu, select View Archived Data. You will be presented with a file chooser that lets you pick an archived database from the Archive directory created upon installing ProprioSoft. The databases are stored under this directory in subdirectories named according to this form:
ARCHIVE_YYYY_MM_DD
where YYYY is the year
where MM is the month
where DD is the day
For example:
ARCHIVE_2005_08_26
Click Choose Archive and you will get a message saying that you are now connected to the Archive database. The status bar is also updated to display the archive name in red providing you with a constant visual reminder that you are connected to an Archived database. Whatever database you were connected to before will be safely shutdown. You will be able to view all the data that was there before the date of the archive name as explained under Year End Closing. If you try to save or delete any data, you will get an error message stating that the database is read-only. Just cancel and invoke Production if you wish to change anything.