Re: Burned by Trial

[ssc1478 <ssc1478@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:27:14 -0500
Kurt Anderson <kurt.anderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> So I tried the RDi trial.  Then I wanted it to have my filters and
> such.  So I exported my preferences from WDSCi, and imported them in
> RDi.  Hm, nothing happened.  Ended up closing RDi and re-opening it,
> then it started going through migration.  It didn't hit me then, but
> by importing preferences, it imported the "Don't prompt workspace"
> like I had the Trial doing.  And the imported preferences is also
> where you specify the workspace apparently, so it converted my 7.01
> WDSCi workspace, so now it's gone.  Sigh.  Wasn't the rule of thumb
> to not run from the network?  So it didn't get backed up.  Now I need
> to recreate it all again.  I could use RDi until we switch (which
> ideally is within 60 days), but probably because my WDSCi pointed to
> what's now the RDi workspace, I'm guessing it broke it, because now I
> can't open that workspace in RDi either.
>
> I searched the archives about how to import filters, because I had to
> do this at my last job, though was unsuccessful.  Tried to fumble my
> way through it, and fumbled.   So this is kind of an awareness email
> to others.  Don't do as I did.

FWIW: This is what I do.  I make a copy of the workspace, then I open
the copy in RDi.  This way I can always go back to WDSC and I
can always start over.  

Phil