About The Data File

The single file DATA.MDB is the most important one as far as WorkExpo is concerned. This single file contains ALL your WorkExpo information including:

School details
User details
Teacher information
Employers
Students
Everything Else

If you look in the WorkExpo folder on your hard drive you will see several files which together make up WorkExpo. However, all these files are replaceable except for one: DATA.MDB

It is important to be aware at all times where you WorkExpo data file is. How can you find out? Here are a few different ways:

Click the yellow light bulb a few times and it will tell you the name and path of your current data file.
From the Main Menu in WorkExpo, click the Options button and then click the Data File tab.
Using Windows Explorer you can navigate to the WorkExpo folder (c:\program files\workexpo) and see the Data file. In a network environment it may not be there but rather in a shared network drive on a file server.

It is recommended that you turn on the data file path reminder feature in WorkExpo. Here's how:

From the Main Menu in WorkExpo, click the Options button and then click the Data File tab.
Place a tick in the box "Show the WorkExpo data file path in the title bar"
WorkExpo will now always remind you which data file you are currently using and connected to.

Why is it so important to know about the data file?

It is important because you may have more than one data file on your system. You need to aviod confusion else you may be writing records to an old or out-of-date file.