static Vector loadPrefs(
      String f, DataAccessPoint sourceDb, DataAccessPoint targetDb, Traceable tracer) {

    TransferTable t;
    Vector tTable = null;

    try {
      FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f);
      ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(fis);

      tTable = (Vector) ois.readObject();

      for (int i = 0; i < tTable.size(); i++) {
        t = (TransferTable) tTable.elementAt(i);
        t.tracer = tracer;
        t.sourceDb = (TransferDb) sourceDb;
        t.destDb = targetDb;
      }
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
      System.out.println("class not found pb in LoadPrefs : " + e.toString());

      tTable = new Vector();
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.out.println("IO pb in LoadPrefs : actionPerformed" + e.toString());

      tTable = new Vector();
    }

    return (tTable);
  }
  static void savePrefs(
      String f,
      DataAccessPoint sourceDb,
      DataAccessPoint targetDb,
      Traceable tracer,
      Vector tTable) {

    TransferTable t;

    try {
      FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(f);
      ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos);

      for (int i = 0; i < tTable.size(); i++) {
        t = (TransferTable) tTable.elementAt(i);
        t.sourceDb = null;
        t.destDb = null;
        t.tracer = null;
      }

      oos.writeObject(tTable);

      for (int i = 0; i < tTable.size(); i++) {
        t = (TransferTable) tTable.elementAt(i);
        t.tracer = tracer;
        t.sourceDb = (TransferDb) sourceDb;
        t.destDb = targetDb;
      }
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.out.println("pb in SavePrefs : " + e.toString());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }