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- ARCHIVE
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- The archive facility allows you to reduce the size of active accounts
- by removing entries before a selected date and saving them to another
- file. The balance as at the last archived entry is carried forward in
- a new entry and the archived part is merged with any previously
- archived entries from the same account with the same filename.
- Archived files are saved as 'Squashed' files to save space. The
- archived file can be displayed by dragging it to the SEE ACCOUNT entry
- on the TOOLBAR, !Pennies will unSquash it and reSquash it without
- further action on your part. It can also be used in the GRAPH, SUM and
- PROJECT facilities in a similar fashion.
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- The advantage of archiving is that it reduces the size of the display
- and by using a lower 'maximum file size' in the OPTIONS facility it
- can reduce the memory used. Unwanted data can be simply deleted
- following archiving reducing space used on disc by deleting the
- archive file.
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- DATE OF LAST ENTRY
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- This is adjusted simply and all entries up to and including this date
- will be archived.
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- ARCHIVE FILENAME
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- The default location for archive files is the 'oldpennies' directory
- within the 'data' directory, with the filename being the same name as
- is used in the normal 'acctdata' directory. You may vary this by
- typing in any legal filepath and filename or by dragging the adjacent
- !Pennies icon to a filer location, the correct location name will then
- appear in this field. It is recommended that you use the default
- archive directory, you can of course copy the file from there into
- another location.
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- ACTIONING THE ARCHIVE
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- Click over the 'Archive' button and archiving will begin, the
- hourglass will be shown while this is happening. When this has
- finished the original account will be re-displayed with the archived
- entries missing and the ARCHIVE window will close. The first entry on
- the new account display will be the carried forward entry.
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