I never did hear whether you tried backing up from the Family Screen or the Index Screen, but whatever.
Have you checked to see if, in fact, a backup file is created even though you think backup has failed? Before I started backing up ONLY from the Index screen, I thought a back up was not being created because I had exactly the same things happen to me as are happening to you. Then, on chance, I checked the folder where I have my Legacy backups, and, lo and behold, a backup had been created each time! Even though I thought it had failed, and even though Legacy shut down after "failing" to back up, a backup HAD been created. No such problem now. Have you checked the archives for the myriads of posts about your problem? CE -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 3:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Failure to backup Thanks for the help. 1. When I shut down Legacy I get the option to backup. I select that, the back up fails and the program shuts down. 2. When I reboot, go directly to Legacy, open it and without doing anything else shut it down, I get the option to back up, the backup succeeds (although the last time I tried this the backup failed) and Legacy shuts down. 3. I already did the reinstall option and it worked Ok for a day or two and it then resumed the described behavior. [email protected] wrote: > > OK, let’s try to further define the problem and what you are > describing as a fix. > > > > 1. First, are you saying “nothing happens and the program shuts > down” something that you expected to happen when you exit Legacy. In > other words, the program “shut down” is not a problem but its just > that you don’t see a backup being created? > > 2. Next, please describe what you mean by rebooting fixes the > problem. Are you saying that if you reboot, start Legacy, and then > immediately exit, it brings up the expected backup windows, and you > can then see the backup being created? > > > > If your answers are what I think they may be, you might be needing to > re-install Legacy and reapply the latest update. Unless Millenia > support chimes in here with a known solution. I’d rather not get into > long winded discussions of what MIGHT be the problem as it would only > confuse everybody including myself. I’m old and can handle only one > thing at a time. “-) > > > > Brian in CA > > PS – Please make sure you messages to the list-server are in PLAIN > TEXT only. No HTML or RichText. Not my rules but its their playground. > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Saturday, December 12, 2009 4:41 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Failure to backup > > > > Thanks. I have every thing checked and I have since I started using > Legacy when 7.0 came out. It really is not a problem to do a back up > outside Legacy. However it used to work perfectly until the last > update. I am using the latest version. It's just that I am wondering > why rebooting my computer provides a temporary fix. > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > My earlier message about making sure you have a check mark on something to > backup still applies but actually there is nothing wrong with using Windows > Explorer to simply make a copy of your family database file with the .fdb > extension. The only things different when using the program's backup function > are: > 1. backups are compressed and archived with a .zip extension > 2. backups can have a time/date stamp in the file name (big > deal...that exists already as part of the NTFS file system on the hard drive. > OK, it is handy and easier to see when its part of the filename.) > 3. The program's utility allows you to include a number of program > preferences and settings files as part of the backup. > 4. It’s a one click solution once you have made your choices (which > thankfully are sticky). > 5. Users begged Millenia to include such a utility and there ain't no > going back. > > Brian in CA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 7:36 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Failure to backup > > I have tried that and with the same result. It depends how much I use > the program. I can use the backup function if I reboot the computer > (which I assume releases the RAM that was tied up) and use the backup > the very first time I launch Legacy. I have 1 Gig on my computer by the > way. > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > > Have you tried going to File/backup? I use that as opposed to the dialog > > reminder when I close Legacy. Does the same issue or problem occur using > > File/backup? > > Phil > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 5:38 AM > > Subject: [LegacyUG] Failure to backup > > > > > > I am having a persistent problem with Legacy failing to perform the back > > up function. The backup dialog box comes up and I select backup. > > Nothing happens and the program shuts down. Is there a memory problem? > > Does Legacy latch onto Ram memory, and never let it go? I can easily do > > a manual back up by copying my entire data file, but something seems > > wrong here. Legacy had me do a reinstall and this seemed to solve the > > problem for a day or two but it seems to be back. 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