Import Location Table Exchange Format

The Import TMC Location Table Exchange Format window can be accessed in three different ways:

• Import Location Table Exchange Format into new database... from the welcome screen

• Import menu →

• Toolbar →

In order to set up TMCStudio extract all contents from the received ZIP file to a directory of your choice. Note: The directory must be located on a local hard drive.

Open the directory and run TMCStudio.exe

This will open the window Import TMC Location Table Exchange Format

In the window, fill in all fields according to the instructions below to import a Location Table.

Database

Double click on the white space next to Database file.

Here you can enter a name for your database. The program will automatically turn it into a Firebird file (*.fdb).

Uppon specifying a database, an .ini file of the same name as the .fdb file will be created under Settings file.

The project also requires that it be given a name.

Once the import process has been completed, the project name will be stored in the .ini file and will appear in the list of projects when you open TCMStudio.

Important Advice

Please note that in either case, the database cannot be created on a network drive and/or server!

Source file

If your Location Table file comes as a ZIP-file (file format: *.zip), browse for it on your computer and define it here.

If your Location Table consists of a number of DAT-files (file format: *.dat) leave this field blank and use Source directory instead:

Source directory

Browse for and indicate the directory where your Location Table (consisting of a number of files in DAT format) is stored. Those DAT-files have to be saved within one single folder.

If your Location Table is a ZIP-file, leave this field empty and fill in the field Source file instead!

As soon as a valid folder containing the necessary DAT-files is selected, the name of the corresponding Location Table is shown in the lower part of the window (large white space):

Run semantic checks

It is highly recommended that you tick this option for every Location Table you import into your database!

Visit the Semantic Checks page to learn more about this function.

Once all the data has been entered, the window should resemble this:

To start the data import, click the OK button.

Now your Location Table is being imported, the database tables created and the data checked. This may take some seconds.

As soon as this process is completed and in case you ran the import routine including the semantic checks, a list of check statements is shown.

Visit the Semantic Checks page to learn how to proceed.

See also

→ Semantic Checks