>I'd like to incorporate backup capability from within an app.
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>Any source code lying around that could help me with that?
Since DBFs DBCs cannot be backed up while open, a multiuser VFP app generally needs to use sql select statements to copy data to structurally identical tables in a a backup dbc ( which, of course, can be created with a single gendbc statement so it is empty and waiting for the data. ) That's the only way I know of to do it without kicking everyone out of the app and closing all the data (which also means designing so any config tables that would be used as part of the backup be freetables that can remain open after the dbcs are closed ) But kicking everyone out on the network is generally considered very user unfriendly so I'd go with either SQL Selects or append from ( which is trickier as you will have DBCs and tables with the same names )
Or, you could do it the right way and use SQL Server ( g, d & r )
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