We use GBak Scheduler which I got from the Dunstan Thomas site (http://www.interbase.dthomas.co.uk/). It works as a standalone app, task bar app or NT service. It does all sorts of nifty backups for as many db's as you like, creates a log, optionally emails the log, zips the back files etc etc etc. Best of all, it's free. It won't do the pop alert thing you want but we created our own NT service to monitor the scheduler logs and let the user know when something has not worked. The tape backup of the system takes care of the rest. If you can't find the app, I can email it to you. Cheers Amanda Milham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 20/04/99 09:45:32 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: (bcc: Peter Jones/Logistics&Information Technology/Christchurch/Foodstuffs) Subject: [DUG]: Running gbak from delphi I want to be able to run gbak and gfix from within delphi so that I can create a scheduling tool to perform backups and sweeps of our clients database's during the small hours of the morning. The files need to be backed up to a zip disk and I want the program to run as a tray icon so that in the morning it can pop up a message reminding them to change the disk. I am using Delphi 3 client server (with patch 2 applied). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards Amanda Milham Information Systems Guru WizBang Limited - delivering tomorrow's technology Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +64 9 419 7458 or +64 21 617 878 PO Box 33699, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
