Failing ? entourage database rebuilds - after synchronizing disks

J

J.Lacroute

Hi,

I'm using a PowerMac G4 at home and an ibook when on the move. I
"synchronize" (Using Tri-BackUp) several files before going away,
among which the Microsoft Office X Users'ones including the main
identity folder to get the most recent copy of my Entourage mailboxes
and settings.
What I recently found (did not occur before) is that when launching
Entourage on my iBook after the sync operation, Entourage asks for
the Database to be rebuilt, which I do. But when launching again
Entourage after rebuild I'm again asked to rebuild the database and so
on...
If I do a straight copy of the files, everything's working normally.
No apparent difference shows in the user's rights of the files
obtained on the ibook via the two different routes.
Has anyone seen this also ? Is it an Entourage, or a Tri BackUp, or a
myself issue ?
Thanks for your help.
 
B

Barry N. Wainwright

Hi,

I'm using a PowerMac G4 at home and an ibook when on the move. I
"synchronize" (Using Tri-BackUp) several files before going away,
among which the Microsoft Office X Users'ones including the main
identity folder to get the most recent copy of my Entourage mailboxes
and settings.
What I recently found (did not occur before) is that when launching
Entourage on my iBook after the sync operation, Entourage asks for
the Database to be rebuilt, which I do. But when launching again
Entourage after rebuild I'm again asked to rebuild the database and so
on...
If I do a straight copy of the files, everything's working normally.
No apparent difference shows in the user's rights of the files
obtained on the ibook via the two different routes.
Has anyone seen this also ? Is it an Entourage, or a Tri BackUp, or a
myself issue ?
Thanks for your help.
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This is happening because the database is not accessed directly by entourage
(or the other office apps), but by a little invisible utility programme,
which is still running and has not flushed it's disk cache to the database
when you take the copy.

To avoid this, write a little applescript:

Tell app "Microsoft Database Daemon" to quit

Save it as a compiled script and put it in the folder ~/Library/Scripts
(create the folder if you need to, but make sure the spelling and
capitalisation is right).

This script will now appear in the script menu at top right of your menubar
(if it doesn't, run the app 'Install Script Menu' in your
/Applications/Applescript folder).

Now, before you do the sync, just select this script and it will gently
cause the Daemon to write it's cached data to the database and quit in a
clean manner. The sync should now go ahead without problems.

--
Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details)
Seen the Entourage FAQ pages? - Check them out:
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>

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