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Open, back up and restore

The company list is the first screen when Mo Dokan opens. From the top bar, Alt+F3 → Select brings it back any time.

The Select Company screen with a search box and the buttons Open, New Company, Delete, Backup, Restore, Split and Rescan folder — The company list and its buttons.

Open a company

Type part of its name in the search box, move with the arrow keys, and press Enter (or click Open). A company with a data password asks for it.

If Mo Dokan was not closed properly last time (a power cut), it checks the whole company before opening and tells you it is fine.
If the company is on a network drive, Mo Dokan warns that it will be slow and suggests keeping it on this computer (use Web Access to view it elsewhere).

To work in another company: Alt+F3 → Change. To close the company: Alt+F3 → Shut, or Esc on the dashboard.

Back up

Select the company and click Backup.
Choose where to save it — a pen drive or Google Drive folder is best. The file is named after the company and today's date and ends in .mdbak.

Automatic backups tooMo Dokan also backs up the open company every few hours and every time you quit, into the company's own Backups folder. Those copies stay on this computer — keep your own copies on a pen drive as well.

Restore

Click Restore and choose a .mdbak file.
Mo Dokan shows the company name and when it was backed up, and asks first. A backup of a company with a data password asks for that password.

RuleA restore is added as a new company. Nothing you already have is overwritten.

Split a company by year

When a company has several years of data, Split makes it smaller to work with. Choose the start of a financial year; Mo Dokan keeps the original and creates two new companies: an archive of the earlier years, and a continuing company from that date with the balances carried forward.

RuleThe split date must be the start of a financial year, and there must be data before it.

Delete

Delete removes the company from the list and moves its data to the Deleted folder. Nothing is permanently erased, so a deleted company can be recovered.

Rescan folder

Looks through the companies folder again — for example after you copied a company folder in by hand.