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"Always create backup copy" should be on by default!!!!
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 4:29 am
by guedesbrawl
Re: "Always create backup copy" should be on by default!!!!
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 5:58 am
by RusselB
Personally I agree with you, but. as of the latest release, the developers felt that it should not be on as a default.
There is an Issue post in Bugzilla for this at
https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=104879
Re: "Always create backup copy" should be on by default!!!!
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 10:25 pm
by guedesbrawl
At least they should warn you that such an option exists right as you first boot the program.
Re: "Always create backup copy" should be on by default!!!!
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 6:24 am
by lgusaas
guedesbrawl wrote:At least they should warn you that such an option exists right as you first boot the program.
When I get a new program I go through all the user preferences to see what options are available and to set up the program the way I want it to work.
Oh, I regularly backup my computer so I don't have to rely on a program's auto backup settings.
Re: "Always create backup copy" should be on by default!!!!
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 8:03 am
by Zizi64
The auto backup function will create only one backup file for one filename (for one document). And then that one backup file will be refreshed at every automatic saving. The errors will be cumulated at every save into that one file .
Nothing can replace the manual back-up.
You can use a macro for the manual backup: it will create a backup file and will rename (by inserting a time-stamp into the filename) every newly saved backup file.
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Sub SaveAndTimeStampBackup()
Dim sDocURL as string, sBackupURL as string, sTimeStamp as string
Dim oDoc as object
If (Not GlobalScope.BasicLibraries.isLibraryLoaded("Tools")) Then
GlobalScope.BasicLibraries.LoadLibrary("Tools")
End If
sTimeStamp = "_" & Format(Year(Now), "0000") & Format(Month(Now), "00") & Format(Day(Now), "00") & "_" & _
Format(Hour(Now), "00") & Format(Minute(Now), "00") & Format(Second(Now), "00")
oDoc = Thiscomponent
If oDoc.hasLocation() then
sDocURL = oDoc.getURL()
sBackupURL = CreateUnoService("com.sun.star.util.PathSettings").Backup & "/" & _
GetFileNameWithoutExtension(sDocURL, "/") & _
sTimeStamp() & "." & _
GetFileNameExtension(sDocURL, "/")
oDoc.store() ' Save
oDoc.storeToURL(sBackupURL, array()) ' Backup
Else
MsgBox("This document have not URL. Can not be archived." & Chr(10) & "Use the normal 'save' procedure.",16,"Warning:")
End if
End sub
You can assign this macro to a menu item, or to a toolbar icon, or to a shortcut key, and you can launch it manually.
Re: "Always create backup copy" should be on by default!!!!
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 10:00 am
by Villeroy
This is the year 2015 and 90% of all WIndows users know nothing about file management. If you never save your work to disk placing your bet on some magic restore feature of the application you are currently working with, then you better stop using desktop applications and hand over all your work to some cloud service.
Re: "Always create backup copy" should be on by default!!!!
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 12:23 pm
by Alex1
Zizi64 wrote:The auto backup function will create only one backup file for one filename (for one document). And then that one backup file will be refreshed at every automatic saving. The errors will be cumulated at every save into that one file .
At least it helps when the latest version contains only zeros, which seems to happen sometimes.
Re: "Always create backup copy" should be on by default!!!!
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 3:23 pm
by Villeroy
Even if this office suite is the one and only program you ever use store your precious data to your own disk, a real backup plan is vital for every computer user. A backup program stores all your data (not only OpenOffice files) to a separate backup medium, preferably to a medium not built into your computer. The alternative to your own backup strategy is cloud computing where somebody else manages your files in professional ways.
The "Backup" facility in OpenOffice is nothing but crash recovery.
