Export or Conversion?...
Rob,
Sorry, I've just noticed something you wrote and then something I wrote which is not correct...
Rob S. said:
...I opened the Legacy Database Conversion Tool on the XP 32 bit
machine and under the browse in Legacy Database Conversion Tool I drilled
down in the USB stick and used the ........
C: / Users / Pubic / Public Documents / RS View Enterprise / ME / HMI Projects / 1348 Molder
Path to do the conversion. I got a result on Notepad saying the conversion was a success...
Geospark said:
...The project folder on the USB flash drive should now have the converted tag database in the Tags folder...
You do not have FactoryTalk View Studio v6.1 or later installed on the 32-bit OS. You only have the Conversion Tool.
So, with that in mind...
The Tool is only used on the 32-bit OS to
export the older tag database. You do not/cannot perform the
conversion on the 32-bit OS. You perform the conversion when you bring the exported Legacy Tag Database over to the 64-bit OS.
I did not spot that you wrote "conversion" the first time and I also incorrectly stated that the "converted" tag database is now on the USB flash drive. It is not. What you should have on the USB flash drive is the exported Legacy Tag Database, ready to be transferred to the 64-bit OS for conversion.
At this point I'm not sure if what you did was an export on the 32-bit OS by selecting in the Tool...
Export Legacy Tag Database
...got a successful result...
...and are incorrectly calling it a "conversion" here...
...or you actually attempted a conversion on the 32-bit OS by selecting in the Tool...
Create FactoryTalk View Tag Database in new format
...and got some kind of successful result?
I would think not. You cannot convert a Legacy Tag Database on a system that does not have FactoryTalk View v6.1 or later installed.
Why?
Because only FactoryTalk View v6.1 or higher will have the newer SQL Server Express Tag Database software installed. This is what you are converting to. Without it on the 32-bit OS, you cannot convert.
So, can you confirm which option you selected in the Tool?...
If it was "Export...", then have you now got a *.CSV file in the project folder on the USB flash drive? CSV is the format the Legacy Tag Database is exported to.
If you had selected "Create...", then you need to start again.
I'm not sure what happens when you try to "Create..." from a Legacy Tag Database where SQL Server Express is not installed. I would imagine you should get some kind of error?
If you did do a "Create...", then I would check the project folder on the USB flash drive just in case some CSV file or log file or other was added. If there is anything created there then they are of no real use. I would just delete them. But I would note what text might be inside them, just out of curiosity, before deleting them.
When you do the export, and you have a correct CSV file in the project folder on the USB flash drive, you can then return the project folder to where you got it from on the 64-bit OS. Then run the Conversion Tool on the 64-bit OS and select the "Create..." option and the same project for conversion. The Tool should then use the CSV file to convert the tag data into an SQL Server Database file.
Then the project can be successfully opened on the 64-bit OS.
To recap...
The FactoryTalk View Legacy Tag Database Conversion Tool is used on a 32-bit OS to export a Legacy Tag Database from a pre v6.1 application project and save it in a CSV file format.
The CSV file is transferred with the project to a 64-bit OS where FactoryTalk View Studio v6.1 or later is installed, having SQL Server Express also installed.
The FactoryTalk View Legacy Tag Database Conversion Tool is then used on a 64-bit OS to convert the CSV file tag data into an SQL Server Database.
The project can now be opened using FactoryTalk View v6.1 or later, but it can no longer be opened on an older system running FactoryTalk View Studio v6.0 or older.
Sorry for missing that and the added confusion.
Regards,
George