The acchistl.dat file is specific to the company that you were working in.
Backup First
Start by making a backup of the acchistl.dat file in the company that you were working in.
There are 2 ways to rebuild the file in Sage Pastel
Sage Pastel Accounting Rebuild Utility
- The file/s selected get renamed to xxx.old
- A new data file is created
- The information is copied from the xxx.old file to the new file
- Should you receive a critical error the utility stops copying the information from the xxx.old to the new data file which will result in data loss
- Restore a Backup of the dataset should you receive errors when rebuilding using the Sage Pastel Accounting Rebuild Utility
Pervasive Rebuild Utility
- Pervasive rebuilds the data in the file/s selected
- It does not copy nor overwrite any data
- Should you receive a critical error it means the file is corrupted
- You will need to restore a backup before you received the original error
- Note: Should one of the rebuild utilities fail, you can attempt to run the other rebuild utility. You will need to Restore a Backup however before running the alternative rebuild utility.
How to use the Sage Pastel Accounting Rebuild Utility
- Ensure that the Pastel Partner / Xpress program is closed on all computers
- Open your Windows Explorer (Hold the Windows + E key on your keyboard simultaneously)
- Navigate to the Pastelxx/Xpressxx folder (where xx represents the version on Sage Pastel Accounting you are running i.e. Pastel19/Xpress19)
- Open the Pastelxx/Xpressxx folder
- Double click on the Rebuild32.exe file
- Note: This utility should not be run over the network but on the PC where the company data is saved locally, i.e. Server
- The ‘Rebuild a Btrieve File’ screen will display:
- Click OK on the message that will display advising the importance of having a backup before running the rebuild utility
- Select the drive where the data is stored
- Select the Company folder
- Select the data files to rebuild
- Click Rebuild
- Once the rebuild is completed ensure at the same amount of records are rebuilt as records that exist i.e. 17 of 17 records
- Should you receive a critical error message you can attempt the Pervasive rebuild, restore the backup made before the Sage Pastel Rebuild utility was run
How to use the Pervasive Rebuild Utility
- Ensure that the Pastel Partner / Xpress program is closed on all computers
- On Windows 7 go to Start | Programs / All Programs | Pervasive | the current version of
- Pervasive | other utilities / Utilities | Rebuild
- On Windows 8/10/11 search Rebuild, select the Pervasive Rebuild icon
- The ‘Welcome to the Pervasive Rebuild Wizard’ screen will display, click Next
- The ‘File Options’ screen will display, click Add
- The ‘Browse/Open’ screen will display, navigate to the Company Folder
- By Files of Type: change the option from Data Files to All Files
- Select the Sage Pastel data files/s that need to be rebuilt from the list that displays i.e. ACCHISTL.DAT
- Click Open
- The ‘File Option’ screen will display showing the file/s selected, click Next
- The ‘Rebuild Options’ screen will display
- Do not make any changes
- Click Next
- The ‘Rebuild the Files’ screen will display:
- Once rebuild you should see a message ‘The files were rebuilt successfully’
- Should you not receive this message it means the rebuild was NOT successful
- A backup will need to be Restored before you received the original error message