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Howard edited this page Apr 25, 2017 · 6 revisions

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  • One button - Adds a "Save & Backup" button to your LibreOffice Standard Toolbars (next to "Save-As").

  • A backup for Developers - See Why?

  • Easily and quickly backs up Base. - None of the other backup tools do this! Backup up your *.odb front end, including any Embedded HSQLDB database's data. If any forms are open, asks if it can close them, thus properly saving current edits. (It does NOT however, backup up "connected" data, like when using JDBC or ODBC to connect to MySQL, MariaDB, HSQLDB split, or the like. You'll still need to backup those databases separately.)

  • Also works with - Calc, Draw, Impress, Math, and Writer.

  • Optional annotations - Allows you to optionally add a short comment to your backup's filename to record exactly what your project's state was in at the time of the backup. (Contrast this to timed backups which snapshot random points in time, and thus capture random states.)

  • Auto-purge - Backups are time-stamped and can be limited to a fixed number of saved older versions (by setting iMaxCopies).

  • Preserves undo - Has no affect on the 'Undo' chain, except in Base where Forms are closed (after a confirmation prompt) to assure all data is saved before backup begins.

  • Relative path - Backs up into either the current document's folder, or a subdirectory of it. (Avoids conflicts caused by same named documents, in different folders, with absolute backup path).

  • Multi-format - For experts: Each backup can be saved to several different Save-as or Export formats at the same time, e.g. your Calc document can get saved to both .ods and .xlsx at the same time.

  • Updates preserve your settings - This makes updating easier when the time comes.

  • Install just one module - The main module now auto-creates your settings module, adding new versions if necessary.

  • Several sanity checks - Checks that not too many backups are purged at a time, and that settings are reasonable.

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