[CAUT] Filemaker templates

[Fred Sturm]

Actually, Alan's template includes an automated function that creates  
a copy of whatever you've done when you close the file. So you always  
have a copy of what you had before you started, and could open it to  
revert if you wanted or needed to (as long as you think to do so  
before you close the file). Separate folder within the main folder  
called Backup with files called Piano Copy and the like. A neat  
system, which had slipped my mind. It's just an automatic script  
which is activated on close.
	I back up at the end of the day to a flash memory devise, then at  
the end of the week to an external hard drive. I've never yet needed  
the back up (knock on wood).
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu



On Sep 13, 2007, at 7:32 PM, Tim Coates wrote:

> At the end of every session I save a copy of the file/files I'm  
> working on.  I have no idea what the software is like for a PC, but  
> assume it is similar.   On my iMac it is:  File>Save as a Copy.   
> You can rename it if you want.  I have two backups:  external HD  
> for backups and the computer HD.   Save, Save, Save!
>
> Tim Coates
>
> On Sep 13, 2007, at 7:51 PM, Fred Sturm wrote:
>
>> Filemaker saves automatically, which is nice, but sometimes not as  
>> you say. I think your backup is the best answer. If you want to  
>> revert, you can go find what you had before. Or maybe there is  
>> another way to revert that I haven’t discovered. I’m certainly no  
>> expert in FileMaker, having only used it for a couple years now,  
>> but I like most of what I see.
>> Fred
>> On 9/13/07 11:27 AM, "Jim Busby" <jim_busby at byu.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Fred,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There is one feature that I HATE with this though – There is no  
>>> “save” feature, so if you accidentally change something and  
>>> realize it too late, you can’t go back. What we do is back it up  
>>> weekly and if we do mess up we can quickly see what was there.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If there is a way to make a “save” button or something I’d sure  
>>> like to know. That being said I’m remembering one of Murphy’s  
>>> Laws; “If you work on something long enough to perfect it, it  
>>> WILL break”.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim Busby BYU
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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