Upgrading older datafiles

From ZDN User Guide

If you have not yet changed/added any data.

  • Simply replace your existing ZDN program and files with the new versions
    • Remove both the old version and the ZDN Support Files folder
    • Download new version
    • Follow original installation instructions

If you HAVE entered data about your zoo, feeds, animals, or diets...

*New* simpler update process for version 2.1 and beyond:

  • In ZDN:
    • Open up the new version of ZDN
    • Go to Settings (or the Settings Setup pop-up that appears if no datafile is linked yet) V2.2 and later: click the "update datafile" button.
    • Follow the steps to link to your old datafile (v2.1 and earlier: BUT click "NO" when asked if you want to load the new file. If you do accidentally click Yes, cancel out of all the errors and repeat this step.)
    • Click the "Update datafile Part A" button and follow the pop-up instructions carefully.
  • In the datafile:
    • Click the "Update Datafile Part B" button.
    • Quit the datafile
  • Reopen ZDN, and relink it (in Settings) to your updated datafile.

You may want to move two files from the new ZDN Support Files folder to your existing installation:

  • Move the NaviGatorIcon3.ico file from your new ZDN Support Files > Images folder to your existing Images folder
  • Move the new DietAnalysis_2.2.xltm file from your new ZDN Support Files > Templates folder to your existing Templates folder

Upgrading to v2.3

Tips and tricks:

  • Be sure to update your analysis spreadsheets to the new v2.3 ones
    • File Explorer: Copy 2.3 versions of both templates from your download to ZDN Support Files > Templates
    • ZDN: Settings > Diet Analysis - change to 2.3 versions
  • Depending on your updating process, you may run into issues with the NUTR_DEF table. I changed the name of "BGT_Name" to "Local_Name". If you get a message about this:
    • Open up your datafile (make sure you and everyone else using it has quit ZDN first)
    • Press [F11] to show tables (if they aren't already showing down the left side)
    • Open up "NUTR_DEF" table
    • Either:
      • Select the column called "BGT_Name" and copy it to the "Local_Name" column
      • or
      • Rename the column called "BGT_Name" to "Local_Name" (right click on NUTR_DEF and choose "Design View")
    • While you are there, "Compact and Repair" (Database Tools  > Compact and Repair) the datafile.

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