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Author Creating a Single Binary Backup file from Visual Basic 6.0 ?
Luqman

2006-01-31, 8:00 am

Is there any way to create a single backup file of my files in folders ?

I want to create a backup software using Visual Basic 6.0.

I don't want to use filecopy.

Best Regards,

Luqman


Ken Halter

2006-01-31, 7:09 pm

"Luqman" <pearlsoft@cyber.net.pk> wrote in message
news:Ov2sjFlJGHA.1028@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Is there any way to create a single backup file of my files in folders ?
>
> I want to create a backup software using Visual Basic 6.0.
>
> I don't want to use filecopy.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Luqman


Here's code that'll do the backup. It creates a copy of each file and
doesn't compress anything (need to leave you with something to do <g> )

CopyFileEx: Create a File Backup App with a Progress Callback
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/callback...kupcallback.htm

If you're really interested in a "single file" type backup, you'll be far
better off using something like Ghost or a 3rd party backup program that can
copy files even when they're in use by the OS (http://www.novastor.com/) The
50 bucks you spend there will be well spent imo.

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