ACT! PAD FilePointer to ACT! Database
ACT! PAD FileYou may need to customize the PAD file to suit your drive and folder arrangement.
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ACTDemo.PAD |
Pointer to ACT! Database. This is the primary file you will File Open and the others will open automatically. You may need to edit this file. |
You can open the .PAD file with NotePad, which is a simple word processor included with Microsoft Windows.
This file acts as a Pointer to the ACT! Database. It includes a hard disk drive and folder path name to where the ADF and ALF files are.
You may need to customize the paths to suit your particular computer network setup.
1. Go to the Desktop of your computer
2. Click on the My Computer icon
3. Select the drive that contains your ACT! database, such as C:
4. Select the folder containing the ACT! database, such as C:\ACT\DATABASES
5. Find the file with the .PAD last name, or extension
6. fileright click on the file name
7. Select Open With..., then select NotePad
Do not double click because the PAD files may be associated with ACT! and launch
that instead.
Here is an example of the PAD file Before customization:
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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> |
Edit the paths within the quotes so that
host ="."
location ='."
The dot means that it will simply look in the current folder. The ADF and ALF files should be in the same folder as the PAD file anyway.
Here is an example of the file After customization:
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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> |
