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212| Sat, 17 May 2008 10:19:00 GMT| robert_bravery| Comments (2)
Hi all,
Can anyone suggest som backup options I can include in a 5.7 app.

Thanks.
Robert

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"Robert Bravery" <me...u.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> Can anyone suggest som backup options I can include in a 5.7 app.
> Thanks.
> Robert


Try tweaking sourcebackup.wfm, I found it in the binaries or codelib group a
while back.
It is easy to change the file specifications on it.

I believe I have seen stuff in the duflp, also there are command line
options for WinZip, you might have download a plugin for it but I do recall
seeing command line options for it.

I always figure that a company should have a backup solution where as your
app is part of it. All that great backup software is already out there.
Heck even backupExec is part of the OS now days. I am sure you could
automate it throug dBASE.

Greg Hill

greghill | Sat, 17 May 2008 10:20:00 GMT |

"Greg Hill" <ghill123...hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Robert Bravery" <me...u.com> wrote in message
> news:pzKB98IZHHA.1908...news-server...
> Try tweaking sourcebackup.wfm, I found it in the binaries or codelib group

a
> while back.
> It is easy to change the file specifications on it.


I will have to look at this. I don't want to spen too much tme on
programming

> I believe I have seen stuff in the duflp, also there are command line
> options for WinZip, you might have download a plugin for it but I do

recall
> seeing command line options for it.


This is a government client. They have strict policies with regards to apps
downloaded and installed

> I always figure that a company should have a backup solution where as your
> app is part of it. All that great backup software is already out there.
> Heck even backupExec is part of the OS now days. I am sure you could
> automate it throug dBASE.


Point in case, the operator overwrote a backup files, which was a copy of a
dbf, and also served as a comparison for previous periods. When the IT guys
phoned me, they wanted to know if I had a backup, I asked where is theres,
and they replied that they had not backed up that drive. Go figure, who's
fault is that. So I decided to have my app do its own backup.
I though of using NTBACKUP, but have to use it with parameter options, so I
have to run it with the run() commnd. If no one else has any other
sugestions.

Thanks
Robert
> Greg Hill
>
>

robert_bravery | Sat, 17 May 2008 10:21:00 GMT |

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