Current Help System: PC-DMIS Settings Editor (View Core Help)

### Working with Backup Files and User Data

The PC-DMIS Settings Editor provides you with tools to work with system and user data files.

PC-DMIS Settings Editor in Disconnected Mode

These three buttons, available in either connected or disconnected mode, let you backup, restore, or reset user data files:

- Backup - This button displays the Backup dialog box. This lets you choose what data to send to the backup .zip file and where to store the backup file. This is often useful when submitting information for bug reporting.

Backup dialog box

File - This box lets you specify a backup filename and the location where the filename will be stored. The filename must have a .zip extension.

System Files - This includes any system files in the backup.

User Files - This includes user data files.

Registry Settings - This includes an export of your PC-DMIS registry entries.

.prg - This lets you choose a part program to include with the backup.

.cad - This lets you choose a cad file to include with the backup.

.prb - This lets you choose a probe file to include with the backup.

User Specified File A - This lets you choose a miscellaneous file of your choice to include with the backup.

User Specified File B - This lets you choose a different miscellaneous file of your choice to include with the backup.

- Restore - This button displays the Restore dialog box. This lets you choose a backup .zip file to restore to restore and what specific data files from that .zip file you want to restore. The backup file must be a backup file created from the Backup dialog box. You can backup from an earlier version of PC-DMIS and import it into a more recent one (for example, v2010 MR2 into v2010 MR3).

Restore dialog box

For a description of this dialog box, see the items discussed above under Backup.

- Reset Product - This takes the place of the old ClearWAIKeys.exe utility that used to be installed with PC-DMIS; it deletes all of the PC-DMIS related entries from the registry and reloads the entries with their default factory values. In also deletes your system and user data files as well, using the factory default data files instead.

Warning: You should only reset the product if you know how to re-configure PC-DMIS. Before using this button, be sure to first create a backup by using the Backup button.

- Reset User - This button resets user data files and user-specific registry settings to their default factory settings.