Converting Papyrus 7 formats to Papyrus 8

The following instructions were kindly provided by Dave Goldman of RSD.
  1. In Version 7.0, make a fresh database. Bring into this database whatever formats you wish to convert.
  2. Run Create Back-up Files to create a set of *.BB files.
  3. Bring those *.BB files over to a Mac.
  4. In Version 8.0, create a fresh database (or you can use an existing one).
  5. From the File menu pick Transfer..., and tell PAPYRUS to bring in the Version 7.0 data from your *.BB files. This will convert the formats.
  6. In Version 8.0, make a fresh format library, and drag or copy the relevant formats into it.
If you want to try this out, the .bb files for a single format - MANBIDSISI6, "for BIDS ISI full download fmt, without cited refs" are available from ftp://ftp.in.umist.ac.uk/pub/papyrus/manbids/mac/. Remember to collect all the files in binary mode. Please advise the ftp site administrator/ListOwner of CHEST-Papyrus (address below) of any formats you convert so that a collection of Papyrus 8 versions of the formats can built up.
Last Revised 22 May 2008

WebManager is the ListOwner of CHEST-Papyrus

Bernard Treves Brown

DIAS, UMIST, Manchester. United Kingdom.