You can export
CD/DVD Library data to a new file and then open it in
another application. You can't export data to a remote
database like Microsoft SQL Server.
To export CD/DVD Data
which will be used in another application:
1. Launch CD/DVD Library
and enter your password. Create a sorted found set with
the records you want to export.
2. Choose Import/Export
from the File menu, and then choose Export
Records.
3. In the dialog box,
type a name and select a location for the
file.
4. Choose a file type
from the Type pop-up menu, and then click Save. be sure
to use a file format supported by the application in
which you plan to use the exported data.
5. In the Export Field
Order dialog box, indicate how you want CD/DVD Library to
export the data. Double-click the field name to move it
to the Field Order list. To export all fields, click Move
All. To export a related field, first choose a
relationship from the relationship pop-up
menu.
To move all fields out
of the list, click Clear All. Change the order of the
fields in the Field Order list
In the Field Order list,
drag the double arrow to the left of the field
name.
6. To export one record
that subtotals multiple records, click Summarize by.
Then, in the Summarize by dialog box, click to the left
of the field you want to use as the break field. A
checkmark appears to the left of the field. (You must
have set up one or more summary fields and sorted by the
break field.)
You see the italicized
temporary export field that CD/DVD Library creates in the
Field Order list. For example, if you have a Summary
field named Count and you select the break fields
Category and Unit, the export field list contains Count,
Count by Category, and Count by Unit.
7. Select an option for
formatting the exported data:
Don't format output to
ignore number, date, and time field formatting as
specified for the included fields on the current layout
(for example, export 3.7 even if the field is formatted
to display the field as $3.70).
Format output using
current layout to use number, date, and time field
formatting as specified for the included fields on the
current layout. Symbols and other non-numeric values are
exported as text. You can't select this option for SYLK,
DBF, or DIF formats.
8. Click
Export.
To use an exported file:
Open an application that can read the file format, and
then open the file.