Legacy Conversion

This process is broken into two parts. First, you must export the data from the older EZWay program, and copy the exported files to your new machine. Once you have the files copied, the next step is to import them.

Exporting the Data

This process must be done on the machine that has the older EZWay version installed. You will find a program called ezw_conv.exe on the Salon Operations CD. You will need to copy this file to this machine, and run this program. To run this program, do the following step.

Put the Salon Operations CD in your CD ROM, and open the directory. When you put the CD in, it will automatically start the installation process. You do not need to run the installation process, just cancel the install after it starts up.

To open the CD without starting the install, right click on My Computer, and select open.

This will show you a list of drives you have on your machine. Select the Compact Disk, or CD-ROM drive, and right click the icon, then select Open. This will open the drive without starting the installation.

After you open the CD, you will see several directories, one labeled Conversion. Double click this directory to open it.

Inside this directory, you will see an icon called ezw_conv. This is the conversion program that you will need to run on the machine where the older EZWay is installed. If you are on this machine, double click the icon to run the program. If you are not on the machine, copy this program to that machine, and run it.

Once the program starts, you will see a couple of options to select the version of the older EZWay program. Select the version you have, then click Convert. The conversion process will export your data to the directory you have specified. The default directory is located on drive C, in a folder called EzwFiles.

Note: The directory listed on the screen, is the location of your EZWay files, not the export directory.

After the conversion process runs, you will need to copy the exported files to the new machine running Salon Operations. If this is the same machine, you can skip the step.

To copy the files, open My Computer (right click on the icon, and select Open). You will see a list of directories and files on your machine. The directory that you will need to copy, is called EzwFiles.

Import

Once you have the files copied over to your new machine, you will need to import the data into the new version.

This process is started from the Maintenance application. When you first start Salon Operations, the introduction screen, the one with the scissors, has an icon for Database Maintenance. Click this icon to start the maintenance procedure. The next dialog you see, will have an Import button on the left hand side. Click this button to launch the import process.

The import process is pretty straight forward and has 4 steps:

Step 1: Select the company you would like to import the data into. By default, you should see you company listed in this pull down.

Step 2: If you have already export the data, you do not have to run this step.