Les

The DMAP OCX no longer works. It is on the list of known issues, but has as yet not been scheduled for fixing. There is, however, an option to use XML reports to do the DMAP export. This uses a different approach to the DMAP output of generating a csv file which DMAP can read. This involves setting DMAP up in a different way and it does work once you understand the different approach required. The disadvantage of the approach once  set up is that there are a few more processes to go though to get the file and  you can't get the data via the report wizard. The advantage is that you have more  flexibility to control the output. Instructions on setting this up both in Recorder and DMAP are available at www.Lgield.co.uk/downloads/DMAPReports.zip.  As well as instructions the zip file contains  a number of reports including some which produce the same results as the .ocx.

Mike

Or, you could have a look at AditLink
http://www.aditsite.co.uk/content2.htm ;-)

We moved R6 onto a new server six months ago and I've now just gone to do a DMAP export and realised that I've forgotten how I did it before the move! 

I thought I used an add-in; re-found DMAPServer.ocx from the old installation; installed it okay; selected Tools->Export Data->DMAP export, clicked through all the options and everthing seemed to be going fine until I got:

'EExporterError: Database Name not in registry - export cannot be performed.'

I then found this thread that says that this addin hasn't worked for the last 3.5 years, so was I doing something else instead? I'm sure it was something simple like this.

So, sorry for the dumb question, but what is the preferred way to do a DMAP export these days please? (I've looked at the Run->Dmap Output->OS->XXX  XML methods but they seem overly complicated. I just want plain vanilla .dis and .nam files derived from gridref and species columns. I can do my own fancy .par files).

(I have a workaround for now. I blew the dust off an old perl script that I wrote yonks ago that converts a plain text file of records to DMAP. At least that still worked okay!)

Thanks, Keith