Upgrade from old installation

You can use this function to copy customised Surpac files from an older version of Surpac to a newer version. This command copies the following types of file:

File type	Notes
plane	You can copy planes and plane groups that you have already set up in another version of Surpac.
plotting file	These include title blocks and plotting entities.
styles file	You can use a styles files to define the line colour for strings.
profile	You might have a customised profile that shows specific toolbars and menu commands.
logical	You use a logical to define a short name that represents a much longer directory name so that you do not have to type the longer directory name later.
alias files	An alias file allows you to define a shorter function name to use to run a Surpac function. You can have more than one alias file. Alias files are usually stored in SSI_ETC. Tip: See Customise > Default Preferences > Alias files > Alias files to see which alias files Surpac is using.
keymap file	The keymap file allows you to map keyboard function keys to specific Surpac functions. Tip: See Customise > Default Preferences > Alias files > Alias files to see which keymap file Surpac is using.

This function copies all these types of file. If you want to copy only some of these file types, for example only the planes, or only some of the planes, copy them manually in Windows Explorer.

These files types are stored under SSI_ETC by default. The default location of SSI_ETC is C:\Users\Public\GEOVIA\Surpac\<version>\share\etc.

To run this function: Choose Customise > Upgrade from old installation, or

• In the Function Chooser, type COPY CUSTOM FILES, and press ENTER.

Note: When you install a new version of Surpac, and then run that version of Surpac for the first time, you are prompted to copy files from an older installation. If you choose Yes, you run COPY CUSTOM FILES.

Fields on the Copy custom files form

Field	Description
Select version to copy settings from	The installed version of Surpac from which to copy the customised files. If, for any reason, you already have a version of Surpac installed with the same version number, for example Surpac 6.6.1 when you are installing another Surpac 6.6.1, the existing version of Surpac (6.6.1 in this example) is not listed and you cannot copy its settings using this function.

Output

The customised files are copied to the correct location for the new version of Surpac.

Note: The correct location for each of the file types is shown under Customise > Default preferences > Alias files > Translations.