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Re: VB project backup utility

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On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 22:00:46 -0400, -mhd <not_real@invalid.com> wrote:

>Are there any freeware vb6 project backup or zipup tools still available for
>download? 
>
>I have had the one written by Gridlinx called CopyProjectLite for years but
>suddenly it is throwing a "version is expired" message. Perhaps the author
>thought that years down the road he wanted older copies to expire in the event
>he had an update :-)
>
>-mhd

Not sure of your requirements. (ie, do you need a single compacted
file for each Project version or stopping point?) But for general
development a source code control system (SCCS) would be a better way
to store and backup VB Projects. (Would require more space though.)

If using the Enterprise edtion you are already have Visual SourceSafe.
Which at the cost of some maintence time has definite advantages 3rd
party SCCSs when used with VB.

There are 'free' SCCSs available. Simply search online for "source
code control system windows". The following is based on the open
source product Subversion. I've used it. It works well.
TortoiseSVN
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/

In any case there aren't that many file types (.vbp, *.frm, *.cls,
*.frx, ...) that need to be saved . Should be a simple process to
write a Batch file to do the job. Or if you wanted to be more
sophisticated - write a simple VB program that mines a project file
and zips from that.

-ralph

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VB project backup utility -mhd <not_real@invalid.com> - 2011-06-04 22:00 -0400
  Re: VB project backup utility "Nobody" <nobody@nobody.com> - 2011-06-04 23:10 -0400
    Re: VB project backup utility -mhd <not_real@invalid.com> - 2011-06-04 23:41 -0400
  Re: VB project backup utility ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-06-04 22:13 -0500
    Re: VB project backup utility -mhd <not_real@invalid.com> - 2011-06-04 23:54 -0400
  Re: VB project backup utility "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2011-06-05 10:02 -0400
    Re: VB project backup utility -mhd <not_real@invalid.com> - 2011-06-05 20:20 -0400
      Re: VB project backup utility ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-06-05 23:51 -0500
      Re: VB project backup utility Dee Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-06-06 10:11 +0100
        Re: VB project backup utility ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-06-06 10:52 -0500
          Re: VB project backup utility Dee Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-06-06 17:09 +0100
            Re: VB project backup utility ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-06-07 09:41 -0500
              Re: VB project backup utility -mhd <not_real@invalid.com> - 2011-06-07 23:04 -0400
                Re: VB project backup utility ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-06-07 23:06 -0500
                Re: VB project backup utility -mhd <not_real@invalid.com> - 2011-06-08 10:43 -0400
                Re: VB project backup utility "Nobody" <nobody@nobody.com> - 2011-06-08 10:49 -0400
                Re: VB project backup utility -mhd <not_real@invalid.com> - 2011-06-08 11:24 -0400
                Re: VB project backup utility "StrandElectric" <Strand@dummyspit> - 2011-06-09 06:51 +1000
                Re: VB project backup utility Dee Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-06-09 09:42 +0100
                Re: VB project backup utility -mhd <not_real@invalid.com> - 2011-06-08 10:44 -0400
                Re: VB project backup utility ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-06-08 14:05 -0500
          Re: VB project backup utility -mhd <not_real@invalid.com> - 2011-06-06 12:52 -0400
            Re: VB project backup utility ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-06-06 14:09 -0500
  Re: VB project backup utility "Tim Rude" <timrude.nospam@nospam.hotmail.com> - 2011-06-06 10:40 -0500
    Re: VB project backup utility -mhd <not_real@invalid.com> - 2011-06-06 13:28 -0400
      Re: VB project backup utility "Tim Rude" <timrude.nospam@nospam.hotmail.com> - 2011-06-06 13:27 -0500
        Re: VB project backup utility -mhd <not_real@invalid.com> - 2011-06-07 01:07 -0400

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