WinTrac™ 5.X

Chapter 5Managing your WinTrac Data filesImporting files into WinTrac 5WinTrac 5 supports existing files created using the Thermo King TracPac, PC-PAC and MultiPac softwarepackages, as well as all existing WinTrac files. To import such files into your WinTrac 5 filing system, theymust first be converted to a WinTrac compatible format.1. Click the file management button.2. Click on the Import… button. You can browse your system to select the file you want to import. It ispossible to import existing TracPac files, PC-PAC files, MultiPac files, WinTrac 1,2,3 or 4 files. Whenyou import a file, WinTrac copies the data into WinTrac 5 database, and creates a WinTrac 5 file.3. The file appears under the Imported Files folder.Note: If you wish to just view a file, but not create a new WinTrac file, then select the Browse… buttoninstead of Import…. Using Browse… you can view TracPac, PC-PAC, Multi-Pac and WinTrac files withoutimporting them into your WinTrac database.File naming convention for imported filesWhen a file is imported into WinTrac it is assigned a new filename and the file is stored under the‘…WinTrac4\Import’ subdirectory. The new filename assigned by WinTrac is constructed as follows:WinTrac extracts the last five suitable characters (i.e. discards spaces, dots, etc...) of the Trailer/Container ID.These characters form the first five characters of the new filename. These characters are immediatelyfollowed by two dashes and a file index digit.e.g. TRUCK--1.WTF.In the WinTrac file management window the file is identified using the complete Trailer/Container ID (orLogger ID).58