Tag Archives: know-how
Solving Install and Uninstall Problems
Sometimes I get reports from users who’ve run into errors while installing IMatch or IMatch updates. Windows Installer reports errors like “xzy.msi not found” while trying to repair or reinstall. Or you get messages about a “corrupt installer database”. Strange … Continue reading
Using IMatch with Multiple Users
Although IMatch is designed with individual users in mind, it comes with some network support built-in. This article describes how to setup IMatch in a multi-user environment. IMatch is licensed per-user. If you want to use IMatch with multiple users, … Continue reading
Scripting: Using Transactions To Increase Performance
IMatch 3.6.0.42 and later versions give you access to the internal transaction processing in the database. This new feature enables you to have an extra layer of security in your scripts and it also may improve the performance of your … Continue reading
IMatch and NAS Systems (Network-Attached Storage)
What’s a NAS? A NAS unit is a computer connected to your network that only provides file-based data storage services to other computers on the network. There are cheap NAS systems and very expensive ones. Can I keep my IMatch … Continue reading
How to Backup Your IMatch Database
Hard disks are big and cheap these days. This is a good thing, but it also means you’ll lose a lot of data all of a sudden when your hard disk dies. Which, unfortunately, happens often and usually without any … Continue reading
How to Burn Files to DVD or BR-D with IMatch
IMatch catalogs on a per-folder level, so you should always burn the entire contents of a folder to CD, DVD or BR-D. You may include sub-folders, but you cannot move only selected images from a folder to another media this … Continue reading
How To Find All Off-line Files
What Are Off-line Files? An image is considered off-line when The image is stored on a media currently not available (e.g. an external disk or a network folder) The image is stored on a media which is currently not inserted … Continue reading
Scripting: Using Transactions to Improve Performance
IMatch 3.6.0.42 and later versions give you access to the internal transaction processing in the database. This new feature enables you to have an extra layer of security in your scripts, and to improve the performance of your scripts dramatically. … Continue reading