Using the Delete Files Command

Use the Delete Files command from the Operation menu or click the Delete Files toolbar button, to delete test data. (If you delete a test database file and you subsequently start creating new instances of the data, the test database file is recreated.)

You can delete user database files only; you cannot delete system database files.

To delete your database files

  1. Select the Delete Files command from the Operation menu or click the Delete Files toolbar button. The Select Files to Delete dialog is then displayed.

  2. If you do not want the database files in the Database Files list box at the left of the dialog sorted by file number (the default), select the Sort by file name or the Sort by file directory and name item in the Sort by drop‑down list box.

  3. Select the required database file or files for deletion, by performing one of the following actions.

    • Select the files from the Database Files list box. The selected files are highlighted. When you have selected all of the files that you require, click the Add button.

    • To select all of the database files, click the Add All button.

    • Select each file by double-clicking the file in the Database Files list box.

    The selected files are then moved to the Selected files list box at the right of the dialog.

  4. To remove database files from the Selected files list box, perform one of the following actions.

    • Select the files for removal from the Selected files list box. When you have selected all of the files for removal, click the Remove button.

    • To remove all of the files from the Selected files list box, click the Remove All button.

    • Select each file by double-clicking the file in the Selected files list box.

    The selected file names are moved back to the Database Files list box at the left of the dialog.

  5. When your list of selected files is complete, click the OK button to start the operation. Alternatively, click the Cancel button to abandon your selections.

While the operation is running, a progress dialog is displayed that enables you to monitor the progress of the operation. As each file is deleted, the status window is updated to indicate the success (or failure) of the operation. You can abort the deletion run, by clicking the Cancel button.

When the operation is finished, the progress dialog is closed and the following message is displayed in the running report.

<<Delete files complete>>