Attaching chessbase files

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Attaching chessbase files

Post by Neville Twitchell » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:22 pm

How do I attach a Chessbase file?

When I attempt to do so I am told that file extensions .cbh not allowed, and likewise .pgn not allowed.

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Re: Attaching chessbase files

Post by Carl Hibbard » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:35 pm

Neville Twitchell wrote:How do I attach a Chessbase file?

When I attempt to do so I am told that file extensions .cbh not allowed, and likewise .pgn not allowed.
Does .pgn now work?

Only got iPad access so this is taking a while so let me know please
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Re: Attaching chessbase files

Post by Carl Hibbard » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:38 pm

Chessbase is what .cb?
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Re: Attaching chessbase files

Post by Ian Kingston » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:43 pm

The main ChessBase file extension is .cbh, but it's not enough to just send that file - there are lots of subsidiary files without which the .cbh file is useless.

The file needs to be saved as a ChessBase archive (.cbv), which bundles everything into a single compressed file. That's done from the Backup Database option on the Tools menu.

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Re: Attaching chessbase files

Post by Carl Hibbard » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:47 pm

Ok .cbv is possible now as well...
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Re: Attaching chessbase files

Post by Neville Twitchell » Wed Dec 08, 2010 12:30 am

OK, thanks. I will try again.

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Re: Attaching chessbase files

Post by Neville Twitchell » Wed Dec 08, 2010 12:38 am

Carl Hibbard wrote:Ok .cbv is possible now as well...
Attaching it as a .cbv file seems to have worked. Thanks.