Re: Converting .rep back to .rdf
Date: 1997/10/27
Message-ID: <632if8$e1j$1_at_vnetnews.value.net>#1/1
dkefford_at_fair1.fairfield.edu wrote:
: One of our developers here recently wiped out his hard drive and
: reinstalled his software. He inadvertantly saved only the .rep files, and
: obviously cannot open them up using Reports 2.5 Designer. Is there a way
: to "decompile" or convert a .rep file back to a .rdf, or is this guy SOL?
SOL. Use your source control system to retrieve the source code - any establishment/ developer that does not use a source control system is asking for trouble.
Use your tape backups to retrieve the source code - any establishment/ developer/ administrator that does not use backups is asking for trouble.
: Please respond to my email, dkefford_at_fair1.fairfield.edu, since we do not
: have a news server here.
Hmm, you used dejanews to post here, but cannot use it to read followups ?
Tell your administrators to get a newsfeed as you could glean important tips about such things as source control and tape backups.
IAP
-- In an attempt to reduce junk email I use an invalid 'From' address. My correct email address can be determined by replacing 'not.valid' with 'value.net'Received on Mon Oct 27 1997 - 00:00:00 CET