system
October 28, 2009, 4:30pm
#1
Has anyone found a way to open a universe from another CMS - suspect that there is a way to hack the file somehow??
I have a universe that has some cool stuff in it that I did a while back and do not have the same CMS available. Any help wuld be appreciated:)
Charles Killam (BOB member since 2003-04-24)
system
October 28, 2009, 4:35pm
#2
The hack is to create a dummy universe in your current CMS, then replace the .unv file on the FRS with your ‘cool’ universe - in a nutshell at least.
Nick Daniels (BOB member since 2002-08-15)
system
October 28, 2009, 6:18pm
#3
Here’s the summary on how to do this:
I am just looking for more detail on the process quoted above. It looks like it worked for somebody. Thanks…
The CMS repository has two portions … a database and a filesystem. The database stores the security information and also has a pointer to the filesystem where the universe is actually stored. Because the security information is stored only in the database, you can substitute the physical file of a universe to which you do have access (in the new CMS) behind the scenes. Steps woul…
Dave Rathbun (BOB member since 2002-06-06)