Move the local project folder

Sometimes you might want to move the local project folder of an articy:draft project to another location. The required steps are fairly simple, however they slightly differ between single-user and multi-user projects:

Moving a single-user project SINGLE-USER

• Close articy:draft (if already open)
• Move the project folder of the to-be-moved project to the desired location, using e.g. the Windows Explorer
• Start articy:draft and open the project selector
• Right-click the project and select "Remove project from list" from the context menu
• Click on Open from file and specify the ProjectInfo.aph of the project folder in the new location

Moving a multi-user project MULTI-USER

• Open the project selector in articy:draft
• Right-click the project and select "Remove project folder" from the context menu
• Open the project and specify the desired new location for the working copy

Move a project between articy:servers MULTI-USER

Sometimes it is neccessary to move the entire project from one articy:server to another. This is how it works:

On the computer where the old instance of the articy:server runs, do:

• Unregister your license using the "Unregister" button in server admin mode
• Stop the "articy:server" Windows service
• Make a copy of the "ArticyServer.db" file (from C:\Program Files\articy server x\db\ )
• If you use "Internal Articy Subversion" for at least one of your projects, you also need to copy the repository folder C:\Program Files\articy server x\db\Repository.

On the computer where the new articy:server instance shall run, do:

• Install the articy:server
• Stop the "articy:server" Windows service
• Replace the "ArticyServer.db" file with your backup file
• If you have used "Internal Articy Subversion" for at least one of your projects, you also need to replace the repository folder C:\Program Files\articy server x\db\Repository with the copy from the old server.
• Re-Start the server
• Register your license on that server

If the repository-server (SVN or Perforce) has not changed, you are finished here!

Move a project between repositories MULTI-USER

There are three different ways to migrate the repository/depot of an articy:draft multi-user project:

(1) The easiest way of changing the repository data is to go to the project selector, right-click on a project and choose "Edit settings for source control system..." from the context menu. There you can change the address of an external Subversion/Perforce server and the actual path inside this repository/depot. However you cannot change the type of source control system.

(2) If your repository/depot server has changed, it may be possible to add an entry to your company's DNS that redirects the old server name to the new machine. In this way articy:draft is able to find the repository/depot under the new URL.

(3) If (1) and (2) is not possible you need to re-import your project:

• Get the project you want to migrate to a local folder on your hard-disk (this may be your current up-to-date project folder)
• Start articy:draft server administration mode and disable or delete the project. This allows you to distinguish between the old project and the one imported in the next step.
• Use articy:draft to import the local folder and turn it into a "new" project on your articy:server. While doing so, specify the new repository/depot access data in the "Import project assistant".
• After that you have to re-assign your team-members to the newly imported project