Dennis,
I know the process by which a Database is updated, I was really commenting on Dropbox messages (at least I assume they are from Dropbox, but maybe from the o/s) which could easily lead to a misunderstanding. Your observations should, however, convince the doubters! Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Dennis M. Kowallek Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 2:46 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: Legacy fdb in Dropbox was RE: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have disappeared On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:24:26 +0100, "Ron Ferguson" <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >I think that you are correct, but it is confusing! At the end of a session >ie. when exiting Legacy a message appears saying "updating drop box" - or >similar. However if one has Legacy open an another PC at the same time >*Definitely Dangerous and Not recommended* then this is synced as one goes >along, and conflicted files result. > >So, it is far safer to assume that Dropbox is updated as one updates the >.fdb file. I actually watched the Dropbox icon on the status bar (XP) immediately after deleting an individual. The icon changes and if you hover over it it says it is uploading. I paused for a minute and let it sync. When the icon stopped uploading I shut Legacy down and Dropbox did not do any further syncing with the .fdb. However it did sync the .ldb lock file (removed it). Remember that a database is a little different than say a Word file. The database is constantly getting changed while a Word file may not actually get written to disk until the very end (i.e. you close Word). Dropbox works by detecting a file write and sending the updated portion of the file to the cloud. It only sends the changed part of a file ... not the whole file. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools NOTE TO LUG USERS: Use plain text if you want me to read your post. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
