Exporting connections and settings

[a_kassabian]

Is there a way to export connections and preferences from PL/SQL Developer. I just got a new computer and I have about 24 connections still on my old one.

There was a post some time ago (2002) about exporting/importing the registry key but I'm not sure if that's still valid.

Ara

 

[Marco Kalter]

If you go to Tools > Define Connections you can use the "Import Definitions" and "Export Definitions" buttons.

 

[a_kassabian]

That worked.

I do wish there was a way to export all preferences. It is such a pain to reconfigure them all when you move from one computer to another.

At least, if you use a custom preference directory, you can get the templates, beautifier rules, etc.

Thanks,
Ara

 

[archer]

there is:
copy C:\Program Files\PLSQL Developer to your new machine.
and then install latest PLD on top of it.

 

[nmajdan]

I just went through this recently (last week as a matter of fact). Luckily, I have been backing up my PLSQL Dev settings for some time. On my previous WinXP machine, the following was a part of my regular backup script:

echo ###Backing up PLSQL Developer files
regedit.exe /e "\server\data\Users\<username>\PLSQLDev_Backup\RegistryBackup.reg" "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Allround Automations\PL/SQL Developer"
%backupcmd% "%ProgramFiles%\PLSQL Developer\Preferences\<username>" "%drive%\PLSQLDev_Backup"

%backupcmd% is defined as: xcopy /s /c /d /e /h /i /r /y /k

On my Win7 machine, the files backed up in the Program Files directory have a new location. I had to restore them to:
C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\PLSQL Developer\Preferences\

Then I had to run the registry backup on my new computer.

This brought over all my connections, toolbar customizations, settings, everything.

 

[phocai]

Ah ha! That's where they were hiding:

C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\PLSQL Developer\Preferences\

Thank you nmajdan.

 

[CrazyDiamond]

>> C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\PLSQL Developer\Preferences\

So, copying that directory is enough to export layout customization and everything in 'Preferences'?