Lost everything

[Peter Voigt]

Hi Harry and everyone else

Just updated my iPhone to IOS7 and forgot that I also had reinstalled my PC to Win8.1 meaning I didnt have anything to restore the iPhone from

Didn't know of the iCloud backup option until it was to late.

I'm using Circuit Tools and have all laps exported to vbo, but not hlptrl.

Is there anyway to convert laps back from vbo til hlptrl format and import them to Laptimer again ?

or is there any other way ???

Thank you

Peter

[Harry]

The only format LapTimer imports is .hlptrl It is probably possible to write a script to generate some .hlptrl files from vbo, but that is something for a specialist and difficult to realize. In case you are more interested in having the complete history of laps (i.e. not data recordings), than in a complete recovery, you may consider the following:

1. Import your VBO files to CT and export / write down lap times and dates they were performed.
2. Create a .hlptrl using a simple text editor (no Word please) and add a lap entry for each lap (see sample below).

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
<LapTimerDB>
	<name>LapTimer Database</name>
	<lap index="1">
		<date>30-AUG-07,17:37:36.00</date>
		<lapTime>08:47.70</lapTime>
		<vehicle>Porsche 911C2 (997)</vehicle>
		<track>NordschleifeBTG</track>
		<intermediates>
			00:32.73,1156.2
			02:22.63,5056.1
			04:23.23,9321.8
			06:33.97,14119.9
		</intermediates>
	</lap>
	...
</LapTimerDB>     

The intermediates section is optional. Please take care the format (e.g. date / time) is exactly like shown as the import may fail otherwise.

Sorry I can't help more.

- Harry

[Peter Voigt]

Hi Harry

Managed to get my 4 fastest laps imported again with intermediates. Very nice.

Thank you

Peter

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[Harry]

Great! I have added my lap times from pre-LapTimer times in this way too. I like to keep the history.

- Harry