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Extract Toolbar Button

Use the Extract button from the Browser toolbar to extract (or save) the current schema from your current release to a file (for example, to back up your existing database).

Before you reorganize your database or you install a new release of JADE, you may want to first extract to a file any schema and forms. (JADE upgrades your schema and form definitions as part of the upgrade process, but you may want to take a back-up copy of your database before you upgrade to a new JADE release). You can extract a complete application, or you can extract forms from all applications in a schema.

Repeat this process for each schema under the RootSchema that you want to save to a file. Alternatively, you can use the multiple schema extract facility.

The Extract toolbar button also enables you to:

For details, see "Extracting Your Schema", in Chapter 10.