Where are the Tutorial files?

Hi Tony,

Since your inquiry appears to be related to the Data Parser for Unstructured Text I moved your post to this forum.

Tutorial Files

The tutorial files for the Data Parser for Unstructured Text are located in the default installation folder where the main DataTools program files are located. Assuming you installed DataTools v9 to the default location, the tutorial files will be located in this folder on your workstation:
C:\Program Files\Pervasive\DataTools9\Common

And since the tutorial files for the Data Parser for Unstructured Text all have a .REP file extension, they are easier to find if you sort the files in that folder by "Type".

v8 to v9 Transition for Data Parser for Unstructured Text

Here are the two places where "scripts" are stored:

In v8:
C:\Documents and Settings\[YOUR_USERNAME]\Application Data\Pervasive\DataTools\Common\extractor800.mdb

This is an MS Access database, and is where the Data Extractor obtains the information it needs to load saved scripts for you. If this file is lost or corrupted, you would have to "start over" with creating your extraction scripts, so make a habit of saving a backup copy of this file to a flash drive, CD, or network drive from where you can recover it, if needed. Never open this .MDB file with MS Access due to the danger of corrupting the file.

Copy that .MDB file to this location for v9, and rename it "extractor900.mdb":
C:\Documents and Settings\[YOUR_USERNAME]\Application Data\Pervasive\DataTools9\Common\extractor900.mdb

In v8:
C:\Documents and Settings\[YOUR_USERNAME]\DataTools_Work\Workspace1\*.CXL

This is where files with a .CXL extension are saved by default, but you have the option to save the .CXL file to a different location when you save each script. These .CXL files are where the "programming code" is stored/saved for each extraction script you create and save. Again, copy these CXL files to a safe place for backup purposes.

Copy your .CXL file)s) to this folder for v9:
C:\Documents and Settings\[YOUR_USERNAME]\DataTools9_Work\Workspace1\*.CXL

- Jo