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Backup: ideas for locating files

Open Jay-o-Way opened this issue 3 years ago • 0 comments

Description of the new feature / enhancement

  • I created a back-up in the standard location.
  • PT Settings shows properties (file name, date, machine name) of this file.
  • In Explorer I renamed the file to represent my computer - like "office" or "living room" or "surface"
  • PT Settings lost the link to the file.

Note that the button Recover does not work, because it searches for one spcific file (name).

My idea is to not cling to one specific file (name), but - in the folder - look for files with the .ptb extension. I personally would use the file name = the device name. In that case, the code-behind can first search for the file that has the same name as the current device. If not found, show the number of ptb files and if more then one file exists, the button Recover would FileOpen dialog, so I can select the file that I want.

Scenario when this would be used?

Creating back-ups for different devices and being able to recover from a file that doesn't have a default name.

Jay-o-Way avatar Nov 06 '22 16:11 Jay-o-Way