Hi Dave, simple and great code, thanks. Bob
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Naylor [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 8:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dropbox / Legacy problem On 11 Nov 2014 David Cripps wrote: > Now my argument is, I would agree with his method if only the whole > process could be automated. The only way I could see that happening > is for an external program to run as Legacy closes. Now in the old > days we might have considered a batch file to run to do this as > Legacy closes. Why "in the old days"? Batch files still function quite well and I use one (with Legacy's icon) to run Legacy... it does some things such as comparing date/times of multiple family file copies before running Legacy, then it runs Legacy, then after Legacy closes it does further things including checking the Archive flags to see what needs backing up and it performs those backups. The batch code I use to run Legacy on Windows 8 is: @echo off echo: echo DO *NOT* CLOSE THIS WINDOW echo: echo It will close after performing backups when Legacy closes :: :: batch commands to be run before Legacy opens echo: echo =================== echo RUNNING LEGACY 8 start /DC:\Progra~2\Legacy8 /HIGH /WAIT Legacy.exe echo =================== echo LEGACY closed :: :: batch commands to be run after Legacy closes -- make backups, etc. :End Batch functions could be improved if Legacy had some command line switches for its file maintenance choices -- especially check/repair and compacting family files. Hope this is of help. Cheers! -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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
