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+ | **Backup of User-Customizable Options in MARC Report** | ||
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+ | The first time you run MARC Report, the following folder structure is created in your My Documents area: | ||
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+ | If you make use of the [[233: | ||
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+ | Every other file that can be customized is saved in the ' | ||
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+ | Up until the current version, a copy would be made of the contents of the three folders mentioned above whenever the program would close. This backup copy was placed in a folder named 2.xx-backup within the ' | ||
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+ | In version 235, several changes were made to improve how this backup works, and your control over it. | ||
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+ | First, you can now turn off this backup in MARC Report altogether. To do this, go to the Program Automation tab of the options and uncheck the box labelled ' | ||
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+ | Second, you can now change the destination of the backup folder. Click on the edit box labelled ' | ||
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+ | Third, we've made a few improvements to how the backup itself works. In the past, the program would simply make a copy of the files listed above whenever it closed. In version 235, the program will: | ||
+ | - Make sure there' | ||
+ | - Backup only the files that have changed, and | ||
+ | - Keep up to five copies of each file, but | ||
+ | - Make no more than one backup of any given file per day | ||
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+ | This regimen should greatly improve your chances of reverting to a previous set of options, something that wasn't really possible in earlier versions of MARC Report. | ||
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+ | __Notes about MARC Report Backup__ | ||
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+ | The program will make a backup copy only of those files that are less than 50K in size, with the exception of the two ' | ||
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+ | As noted above, the backup destination is a folder named something like ' | ||
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+ | The number of backup copies is limited to 5 copies, at which point the backup starts in at #1 again. This should give enough redundancy to make it possible to restore an option file after an accident, without creating an infinite number of backups. | ||
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+ | Note that backing up over a network may result in a slight pause when you close the program (one or two seconds would be normal; but it may be more on a congested network). If your personal folder is being stored on a server somewhere, this might explain why MARC Report doesn' | ||
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+ | Note that setting your own backup foldername will circumvent the default behavior of backing up each version' | ||