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From: "Alan" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Backup/Restore Problem
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 09:51:33 +0100
In-Reply-To: <001401c37416$f39d9840$020aa8c0@library>


Thanks Jeff

Regards
Alan Bennett

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Clenard [mailto:]
Sent: 06 September 2003 02:34
To:
Subject: Re: [TMG] Backup/Restore Problem


Alan wrote:

> I have discovered a bug in Backup/Restore (TMG 5.09).
>
> I am now regularly shipping my project between my desktop and my work
> laptop.
>
> The problem is that although my external images are in c:\Program
> Files\The Master Genealogist\Projects\Images directory when they are
> backed up and restored they move to the c:\Program Files\The Master
> Genealogist\Pics directory thus breaking the links. I also see unzip
> errors on the larger images.
>
> Has anybody else seen these problems?

Hello Alan,

The Restore process does not create a new folder for exhibits if it does
not already exist. So, if you store your exhibits, images in this case,
in a folder other than PICS, and that folder does not exist on the
restoring system, TMG v5.09 will restore the images to the PICS folder
and link them to the appropriate people.

One way to be sure that your "custom" exhibits folder exists is to set
it as the default via Preferences. To do that select File > Preferences
and click Advanced.under 'Current Project Options'. Enter the
appropriate folder name in the field next to 'Exhibit folder:' and click
[Apply]. If the folder does not exist, TMG will ask you if you want to
create it.

If the "custom" exhibits folder exists on the restoring system then the
exhibits will be restored to the proper folder (in my experience
anyway).

I do get a DynaZip UnZip error on my WinMe system that seems to be
related to exhibits, but do not on my WinXP system. In both cases,
however, all of my exhibits do seem to get properly restored as external
exhibits.

I'll notify the developers of the UnZip error behavior, and also check
to see if they can incorporate the automatic creation of a "custom"
exhibits folder into the restore process.

Hope this helps -

Jeff Clenard

If the Images folder exists on the restoring system


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