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ARCRET

Use this utility to retrieve records from your archives and produce files that can then be sent to plug-in functions to generate additional output. You can choose from these plug-in functions:

Plug-in	Description
PLGGenPrint	Produces a batch file the GenPrint program can use to produce printed form set output. Use it to reprint your archives.
PLGGenArc	Produces a batch file the GenArc program can use to archive transactions to a different archive. Use it to help migrate your archive to another archiving method.
PLGTest	Used to test the retrieval results from the archive. This function does nothing with the output of the ARCRET utility.

For example, you can use the PLGGenPrint plug-in function to take output from the ARCRET utility, produce a batch file, and then run the GenPrint program to produce printed form sets.

You can also use the PLGGenArc plug-in to migrate traditional LAN flat file archives to host or server based SQL database format archives, or as a part of an upgrade or conversion to a Documanage repository.

Transaction sets are passed to the plug-in functions you define in the INI file for additional processing. If no plug-in functions are defined, nothing happens to the retrieved records. All temporary files created during the run are deleted when the utility stops.

Before starting any migration, you should...

Back up your archives.
Read all of the documentation concerning this utility.
Run some tests and verify the results. Testing should help you:
- Determine if archiving and retrieving from the new system is working properly.
- Decide the optimal size of the batch sets.
- Estimate how long the entire process will take.

After you verify the test results, change all systems that do archiving and retrieval to use the new system. Do not use the old system while you are migrating from it.

Note

After you complete the migration, keep your original archives just in case. Only after you are satisfied that the new system is working properly and that all of your data has been migrated, should you consider dropping the old archive and old archive system.

Program names

Windows: ARCRET.EXE

ARCRET

Program names

ARCRET Syntax