Importing data from an invisionfree board

[Spy_Master]

I currently have an invisionfree board which is run using invision power board 1.3 which the manual for the importer says it supports. However, I have no way of getting a backup to text my import of data into.

Is it possible to be able to import the data from the board just by pointing the importer to the address without having any actual data files?
I've been reading the manual on this and it says you have to be crazy to do this without a backup because of conflicting data but if I put my board as offline before I did the import would this work?

Thanks I'm a complete novice at this.

[Spy_Master]

I'm sorry this question has already been answered.

Thanks for everybody's quick and friendly help. It's definitely putting the seal on me buying vbulliten.