Notes: A backup of the student
file is automatically performed before any changes are made.
The backup filename is created from the system time. (ie.
FJ + hhmmss +.DBF) so a backup created at noon would be
named FJ120000.DBF and FJ120000.CDX and FJ120000.FPT.
Only if exporting Students.
If you have problems with the student
file after the import rename those 3 files back to STUDENT.DBF
; STUDENT.CDX ; STUDENT.FPT or restore the backup you did.
Only if Exporting Students.
Complete student files can be exported
from or imported into Legacy LunchBox as well.
Exporting files from Legacy LunchBox
using Fox2Jav2 does NOT remove any student data from the
Legacy lunchBox student file.
In order for this Utility to work
it must be ran from the Legacy LunchBox folder ( C:\LUNCHBOX
) and a successful End Of year must have been completed
where Graduating Students were exported to a floppy disk.
Legacy LunchBox = Older LnchBox Systems
Using Keyboards
Java LunchBox2 =
New LunchBox2 Systems with Touch Screens
Click
Here to Download the FOX2JAVA Update Import/Export Utility.
This must be run
in the LunchBox folder. (I would suggest modifying the Memory
properties of the EXE to match those of the LunchBox EXE.)
At The Java LunchBox2
Site:
1. Before continuing
run an EOD to make a Backup.
2. Go to Communications
>> Participant ExportSettings.
3. Create a new Job
by Copying the "LunchBox POS Graduate Export
(version 2.0)" to a new Export Job (something like
'Export Graduates to Legacy (Fox2Jav2)').
4. Modify the export
to use a COMMA instead of a TILDA ( ~ ) as the delimiter.
5. Change the first
column of the export from ParticipantID to POSID.
5. Modify the export
filename to GRADEMPT.TXT.
6. Perform End Of Year
Maintenance to populate the GRADS table in the SQL database.
7. Perform the new
export you just created.
8. Move the new GRADEMPT.TXT
file to the LunchBox folder at the Legacy site (Typically
C:\LUNCHBOX ).
At the Legacy Site:
1. Perform a
Daily backup before proceeding.
2. Run FOX2JAV2.EXE.
3. Select "Import
Students Into LunchBox".
4. Follow onscreen
instructions. Select "APPEND to existing Student
File" when prompted.
At the Legacy LunchBox
Site
1. Perform a
Daily backup before proceeding.
2. Perform legacy End
of Year procedures to Graduate Students to populate the
Grads table in Legacy LunchBox.
3. Run FOX2JAV2.EXE.
4. Select "Export
Students From LunchBox".
5. Select "Graduate
File Only". (The information for Graduating
students is pulled from the UPLOAD.DBF file instead of
the GRADS.DBF. For this to occur the EOY process
must have successfully transferred the Graduating students
to a Floppy Disk. If this is not the case, contact
support for assistance.)
6. Select export location:
LunchBox Folder or Floppy Diskette.
7. This creates GRADEXPT.TXT.
At The Java LunchBox2
Site:
8. Move GRADEXPT.TXT
to the location specified in the POSBO import "LunchBox
POS Graduate Export (Version 2.0)" Look under
Communications >> Import from the Back Office
Menu.
9. Change the filename
to the filename specified in the POSBO import "LunchBox
POS Graduate Export (Version 2.0)".
10. Perform the POSBO
import "LunchBox POS Graduate Export (Version 2.0)".
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