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Seaward PATGuard Elite SQL 2 User Manual
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PATGuard Elite SQL Files
Pat Files
PATGuard Elite SQL has the ability to save a copy of a section of the database as a Briefcase file for other
PATGuard database programs to open. PATGuard Elite SQL can also send these files direct to an email program
running on your PC.
Creating a pat file
Select a Client, Site or Location. The item selected and all lower level items will be copied. Right mouse click will
display the context menu. Choose Send to either a File or Email. Selecting File will cause a Save As… dialog box
to be displayed. Select the path and File name where the file is to be saved. Briefcase files have a File Type of
*.pat. Select Save to create the file.
Selecting Email will create a Briefcase file in the current database directory whose filename will be the same as the
database with an extension of pat (Briefcase type file). This is your copy of the file. The program will then create a
new e-mail with the file attached ready to send.
Opening a pat file
From the File drop down box select Open… Select the path of the file you wish to open. Select the correct File of
type. For Briefcase files this will be *.pat. Select the appropriate file then select Open. As the data is processed
messages may appear if there is a conflict between existing data and the new data.
Opening Download Files
Previously created download files (see Download to File) can be opened and the Test Results processed. Download
files are of two types: *.txt for those testers that only download in ASCII text format and *.sss for Seaward Super
String (SSS) downloads from current Seaward testers or generated by PATGuard Work About.
From the File drop down select Open… Select the path of the file you wish to process. Select the correct File of
type. Then select Open. One of the following dialog boxes will be displayed depending on the file type.
Figure 51: Download File Open – sss type