 Freeware tool
to Zip Up your App/DCT files. New zip files are always created each time
you press Go - I don't delete anything, I don't overwrite anything -
housekeeping (deletion of old zips) is your job, having said this - you
use at your own risk...
Why was I built ?
Some developers are very good at
backing up their applications and dictionaries on a daily basis others
are a little lazier - my developer fell into the latter category and
wanted a quick fix - better safe than sorry......
What do I do ?
I backup your application
files App/Dct/Upg (without exception) and optionally hlp, ico, prj,
tpl, tpw, inc, map, txa - I save the new zip file to either the zipapp
directory, backup directory (parent) or AN Other directory you specify.
HLP includes HLP, HSC, SHG, CHM, HM* and
EZH
ICO includes ICO, GIF, JPG and BMP
TPL includes TPL and TRF (registry files)
TXA includes TXA and TXD/TXR (exported/text files)
I do a recursive
backup without exception - thus any subdirectories will also be
included in the backup. I can do a full backup of all selected file
types or only those modified from a specified date (Incremental) ...
Some of my users have asked if I
can allow user defined settings like *.tps etc.... No, this
would be contrary to the license agreement of LSZip because my main job
is as a compression tool however, I have been okayed by Friedrich
(in my present form, so I am
legal to be distributed by my developer).
My developer has also said this not why I was conceived!
I could do plenty more
but the reason for my very existence is single click/fast backup - nothing complicated,
not too much stuff, so i'm used
often rather than rarely...I usually have only HLP, ICO and TPL checked
to supplement APP/DCT... and am run several times a day...
I do NOT
I do not replace your full backup
methodology - I am a quick backup option to save the valuable stuff
particularly - APP/DCT file types as often and quickly as possible...
ZipApp is designed to be a supplement NOT replacement for your full
backup strategy.
So what horrible things have my
users said about me ?
"The
way I use it is to do a quick backup a couple of times a day and then
I backup the zipapp files to a CD burner each evening. This
gives me a wonderful sequence of archives. If
we ever get to a meeting together the steaks are on me".
"This sure is a great little app. It has
saved my skin more than once!"
What
lout built me ?
A
Clarioneer who wanted to give something back for all the help he has
received from the Clarion community - without which I wouldn't have been
built - Darron
C Pitman
 How
was I built ?
Backup/Zip
utility LSZip Lindersoftware
Versioning EasyVersion IngasoftPlus
Button Styling Easy3d IngasoftPlus
Link to web site Hyperactive Capesoft
Icons XPicons Gitano
File compression of ZipApp exe ASPack
Program Installer SetupBuilder Lindersoftware
ZipApp icon created using Microangelo Impactsoftware
Picture above created using TNT ec-software
Background image of ZipApp - MS Image Composer - all do it easily -
lookup the word gradient in the paint programs help file....
The above (aside from LSZip) weren't required but added the
polish.... and did it very very quickly.... they are my all-time
personal favourites I consider to be must haves.... (along with CPCS and FM2) and find their
way into every app I ever write without exception even one that would
simply say "Hello World!"
Special
Thanks
To Friedrich
Linder of Lindersoftware
for allowing me to distribute this utility...
Last
Revision 1.3a - Allows
for a different parent directory to be set for Registry/TPL files.
1.2e - Button enhancements - thanks to Ingasoftplus - Easy3D.
1.2d - UPG.tps - As App/Dct - back up without exception following a change.
1.2c - HLP - HM2/3 changed to HM*.
1.2b - HLP now also includes HM2 files.
1.2a -
New option to save zip files to user
definable directory. Added Full Check Box to quickly clear Incremental
Date. Un-checking switches back to Incremental and enters Today's
Date + screen beautification.
1.1g -
Minor screen modifications to Housekeeping + Double
Click to Open zip.
1.1f -
Minor screen modifications + Message when no
matching records to zip.
1.1e -
Added CHM & CLW options - updated screen fonts/background
1.1c -
Fix - ICO option was not working.
1.1b -
ZipOption added to backup TXA (and TXD/TXR) Files. Changed method
calculating Last Incremental to Date Last Run. Slight file change to
show _to_ instead of _at_ on incremental file names. Moved Housekeeping
Button.
1.1a -
Zip Files Housekeeping option added to List Archives and optionally Open or
Delete the files.
1.0f -
TPL option includes TPL and TRF files types.
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