So, the backup file, if I choose to rename and not overwrite (which is what I now know is preferable), will always be a (.zip) file?
Is there any value in allowing the backup to be stored in the exact folder where the.fdb is saved (as is the default, and I did accept the defaults), or wouldn't I always want to select not to overwrite, and store in a different folder (such as one that is included in my normal backup procedure)? Obviously, I can store the backup where I wish, but I just mean, is there some value that I may not realize, to having the backup file be stored in the same folder with the actual file? Barbara On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 4:34 PM, ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Barbara, > > Your assumptions are not entirely correct. On closing you are only asked "to > save" on leaving the program if you have changed something. In fact you are > not saving as such but creating a back-up (.zip) file. Your ordinary file > which as you say is amended on the fly has the extension .fdb and you will > find both this and the back-up stored in c:\Legacy\Data (assuming that you > used Legacy defaults when you installed the program). You can store the > back-up where you wish by changing the path at the top of the box where you > select to save the file. > > Yes, you can back-up when you are using the program and, in fact, there is > an icon for this which you can drag to your Toolbar by right clicking on it. > > Whilst you may find the invitation to back-up at close down something of an > irritant, I can assure you that it is far better to suffer this than, when > you hit a problem, to regret that you haven't done it. > > > > > Ron Ferguson > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: > http://www.fergys.co.uk > New Blog: Open Legacy Family File with Open Office > View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: > http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ > For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:35:51 -0600 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > Subject: [LegacyUG] Basic Save Question > > > > > > This should be so obvious to me, but I'm afraid to act on the obvious, > > just in case I'm wrong. I know that if my program suddenly shuts down, > > it has already saved (on the fly, I would say), so that when I go back > > in, no data was lost. But I also know that every time I go out of the > > program, it prompts me to save. I always say yes, choose the file, > > choose to overwrite, say no to the multimedia prompt (have none of > > those files yet). Logically, I should not need to go through that > > process, and it is basically saving/overwriting what I just was going > > to save anyway, by exiting. I'm assuming the prompt is to give me the > > chance to back it up in another location, which I periodically do. > > > > I only work with one file, so it's not complicated. > > > > Are these assumptions correct? > > > > I can set the options so as not to prompt for saving when I go out each > time. > > All my changes that have been made while working in the program are > > automatically saved. > > I can manually choose to backup (from the file menu) when I want to > > backup to another location. > > > > thanks, > > Barbara > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Telly addicts unite! > http://www.searchgamesbox.com/tvtown.shtml > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
