Update Information
NOTE: The following procedures will only take about 5-10 minutes for a small contact list (30 entries or less). However, if you have a large contact list, consider our Premium Upgrade Service, where we will take your existing Manage Your Contacts database and upgrade it to a format compatible with the latest version of Manage Your Contacts. Our rates start at just $79.95, which includes a license for a professional edition of the latest version plus the upgrade work. Send us an e-mail message to coordinate using our Premium Upgrade Service. Otherwise, follow these instructions to perform the upgrade yourself ...
IF YOU ARE UPGRADING FROM A VERSION OF MANAGE YOUR CONTACTS PRIOR TO VERSION 4.0, FOLLOW THESE STEPS BEFORE INSTALLING THE NEW VERSION...
1. Make a backup of your current, working copy of the program and the data. If you have enough room on your hard disk, it should be sufficient to just copy the entire folder to another folder.
2. Run your current version of the program.
3. Identify which version you have by selecting "About" from the "Help" pull-down menu.
4. Export your data to an external file. How you do so will depend on which version you have ...
If you have a version equal to or greater than v2.1:
a. Select the option to export the entries to a file from the "Input/Output" pull-down menu.
b. Type "UPGRADE.MYC" as the file name to save it as.
c. Choose "OK" to begin.
d. Proceed to step 5 below...
If you have a version prior to v2.1:
a. Select "Full List in Column Format" from the "I/O" pull-down menu.
b. Choose "File" for your destination.
c. Select "Text Format" for your output file type.
d. Type "UPGRADE.MYC" as the file name to save it as.
e. Choose "OK" to begin.
f. Select "CANCEL" to quit the export function.
g. Proceed to step 5 below...
5. Exit the program.
6. If your previous version was prior to v2.1 (excluding v2.1), delete any blank lines at the top of the file you just exported with any text editor. The Window's Notepad should work. Delete the lines down to the "Business Name" field, which is normally the first field with text. If you do not have a business name for that entry, leave one line blank line at the top so that there is a blank line then the First Name field. If there is no first name, leave two blank lines so that there is two blank lines and the Last Name field and so on...
7. If your version is prior to v3.0, delete the line for each entry that was for the middle initial. (For simplicity, the middle initial has not been used since v3.0, as it can be added to the first name field if it is a necessary item.)
8. Add a blank line below the e-mail address field. (A new field for the web site has been added to v4.0 and this blank line will be its place holder for the import routine.)
9. Rename the file "con-mgr.mdb" to "con-mgr.old" in the folder where your existing copy is located.
10. Install the new version.
11. Start the new version.
12. Import the file "UPGRADE.MYC" you exported above as follows:
a. Copy "UPGRADE.MYC" to the folder where you installed the new version.
b. Select "Import from File" from the "Input/Output" pull-down menu.
13. Follow the instructions on the screen to make sure everything imported ok.
14. This would be a good point to make a backup copy of your data. To make a backup of the data:
a. Select "File" from the program's pull-down menu.
b. Select "Backup and Compress Database...".
15. Once you have reviewed the entries and are sure they are correct, you may delete the backup copy of your old data (done in step 1 above).
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