Activating In-House Databases

ConQuest 1.14 can search in-house databases in addition to the main CSD. These databases are created using the PreQuest program. If you have created an inhouse database that you wish to search using ConQuest you must first activate it using the procedure described below.

 

In order to activate your in-house database you must copy (or soft-link: Linux only) the three in-house database files (.ind, .msk and .tcd) to the same directory as the CSD V5.33 database files. On Linux/UNIX this is typically:

 

<CAMBRIDGE>/csd

 

While on PC, this is normally:

 

C:\Program Files\CCDC\CSD V533

 

You must then run the Activate program.

For Linux, ensure that $CSDHOME/bin is in your PATH (see Setting up the CSD System Environment on Linux and Mac OS X) and type:

 

activate

 

To run the activate database program on a PC select:

 

Programs -> CCDC -> CSD System Software 2012-> Activate in-house database

 

from the Windows Start menu.

 

Note: Windows Vista/7 users will require escalated administrator privileges to activate databases. To do so, right-click on the Activate Inhouse Databases menu item and select Run as Administrator.

 

In both cases a pop-up window like the one shown below will be displayed:

 

The activation program attempts to find the directory where the database is located by examining your ConQuest defaults file. However, if the correct directory cannot be found then use the Change button to locate the required directory.

 

All databases in the selected directory which have not been activated will be displayed in the Database to activate pull-down menu. Simply select the databases you wish to activate.

 

The contents of the Database Name dialogue box will be used by ConQuest to identify which databases you wish to search or view. Choose a name relevant to the database contents.

 

Enter a version number for the database in the Database Version dialogue box. If you have an earlier version of a database, with the same Database Name in the same directory, it is important to make sure that the most recent version has the largest version number so that it is used in preference to the others.

 

Enter the date for the database in the Database Date dialogue box.

 

Use Search/Display Order pull-down menu to select the order in which activated databases will be displayed and searched by ConQuest. Taking the above example, if you select After CSD v5.33, when both databases are selected for searching in ConQuest the main CSD database will be searched before the in-house database.

 

When you are happy with your selections press the Activate button. This will create a .inf file for the database, which will then be viewable and searchable the next time you start ConQuest. You can activate additional databases by repeating the procedure described above.

 

To close the activate database program press the Exit button.