A new utility is available on the web site (http://www.musarch.com) that allows you to export the entire database to xml for any purpose. It also has the ability to read the generated xml file to import your database into another installed copy of the Museum Archive software. This ability was requested by several users. In one case, a group of church parishes wants to use the software to manage their individual collections (one per parish), but at some point combine all of the parishes’ data into a single, diocese-wide database. This utility makes that easy.
To combine individual collections, copy one of the collections to a new folder. For every other collection you want to add, run the utility to produce (export) the xml file. Copy the xml file to the new folder and import it using the utility. When you are done, all of the original installations are untouched, but you have a new installation with all of the data from the other places.
There are a few things to watch out for - this is version 1.0, after all. See the download page for details. Feedback is appreciated. A few tips are listed on the download page. As always, backup your data. This works with either edition of the software.
By the way, you can view the xml file either in your browser or with any text editor. Don’t edit it if you intend to import it.
Thanks to Connie Marks for the valuable feedback.