>whether or not the database has its own conduit
I found that not to be true. The data files that belong to my SatForms
conduits never seems to show up in my backup directory unless its a computer
using BackupBuddy. I've even tried setting the backup bit directly using
Insider and Launch'EM. Hotsync does bring up the data from one of my
standard conduits but not always the others (or something like that).
Backup Buddy may not always be necessary, but I've had several occasions
where the standard backup didn't do the trick. In fact, just recently I had
a customer with a whole weekend's worth of race data crash the conduit so we
tried to bring it up to his desktop via the backup conduit. We tried
setting the backup bit manualy to get the data on the desktop. It never
worked. I had the customer download and install Backup buddy and it moved
the data up to his desktop on the first try.
Anyway, handy tool when all else fails.
D
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 9:34 PM
Subject: RE: Palm Dev Forum Digest 4/21/99
>Hmm. I have nothing against Backup Buddy, but I don't understand the
>"problem" here. Even without Backup Buddy, setting the backup bit for a
>database will cause it to be backed up (i.e. a .pdb file will be created on
>the desktop), whether or not the database has its own conduit, and whether
>or not that conduit does anything during HotSync processing. The backup
bit
>can be set by your application on the handheld. The only down side to this
>is time, especially if the database is large: having a conduit process a
>database and then having a backup copy created means the database will be
>read through twice.
>
>Charles Morris
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Palm Developers Forum List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: April 22, 1999 2:00 AM
>To: Palm Developers Forum List
>Subject: Palm Dev Forum Digest 4/21/99
>
>
>Date: 20 Apr 1999 12:33:27 -0700
>From: "Dave Lippincott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Database, Conduits and Backup bits
>
>Backup Buddy NG. I've recommended it to several customers of ours for that
>exact problem.
>
>
>
>- -----Original Message-----
>From: Elia J. Freedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: FORUM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 2:42 PM
>Subject: Database, Conduits and Backup bits
>
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Question for all of you. I am looking into writing my first conduit. The
>>practical application is that I want to one-way sync (to the desktop
only).
>>This isn't going to be a problem. The problem is this: what if the users
>>Palm device crashes? Is it possible to both backup the database and sync?
>>Does Palm have a recommendation for this? Have other people done this?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>Elia
>>
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