[Nikhita]

How to create automate (or) schedule backup files in vb.net application using window services

[modi123_1]

Usually you want to back up the DATA not the actual executable.. which one do you want?

[sharpy]

Hi

I use this to backup an access database that i am using within my application. I place it in my form load so every time the app starts it backs up the database. So if they make a mess of the database they can go back to an earlier version

 'Backup the database
		FileCopy("c:\cutlassdatafile\Cutlasslathe.mdb", "c:\cutlassdatafile\backupdatabase\Cutlasslathe.mdb")

It may be not what you are looking for but I hope it helps.

[Nikhita]

Nikhita, on 12 Jan, 2010 - 10:23 AM, said:

How to create automate (or) schedule backup files in vb.net application using window services

I want to backup the folder containing Data Files (.doc,.xls,.tiff,.pdf...) but not executable file.

modi123_1, on 12 Jan, 2010 - 11:07 AM, said:

Usually you want to back up the DATA not the actual executable.. which one do you want?

I want to backup the folder containing Data Files (.doc,.xls,.tiff,.pdf...) but not sql database.

Thankq

[modi123_1]

Nikhita, on 13 Jan, 2010 - 08:37 AM, said:

Nikhita, on 12 Jan, 2010 - 10:23 AM, said:

How to create automate (or) schedule backup files in vb.net application using window services

I want to backup the folder containing Data Files (.doc,.xls,.tiff,.pdf...) but not executable file.

modi123_1, on 12 Jan, 2010 - 11:07 AM, said:

Usually you want to back up the DATA not the actual executable.. which one do you want?

I want to backup the folder containing Data Files (.doc,.xls,.tiff,.pdf...) but not sql database.

Thankq

Oh.. well the IO.File has information on getting a list of files in the directory as well as a 'copy' method to copy from one location to another.

START PROGRAM
IF current date = date for backup
THEN
BEGIN
us the file.io functions to copy each file in what ever directory supplied and to a new directory.
END
END PROGRAM

[Nikhita]

Oh.. well the IO.File has information on getting a list of files in the directory as well as a 'copy' method to copy from one location to another.

START PROGRAM
IF current date = date for backup
THEN
BEGIN
us the file.io functions to copy each file in what ever directory supplied and to a new directory.
END
END PROGRAM

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Thank you, I will try.