• Addin Manager
• Adding a Global Image to Your Workspace
• Adding Tables or Sets to a Workspace
• Aliases
• Appending Selected Records from another Table
• Attaching a Library to the Current Workspace
• Automatic Recovery of Indexes
• Backup Workspace
• Cannot Refresh Workspace Problem
• Clearing the Record Filter
• Compacting the Workspace
• Creating a Workspace
• Creating Periodic Backups
• Disallow Edits
• Dropping Tables or Sets from a Workspace
• Exporting Selected Records from a Table
• Expression Library
• Filtering Records to Include Multiple Field Values
• Font Equation Genie
• Global Scripts
• Go to Record Number
• List View Genie
• Managing Addins
• Marking and Deleting Selected Records in a Table
• Moving Selected Records to another Table
• Multi-User Architectures
• Network Optimization
• Numbering Child Records
• One-Step Backup
• Optimizing Performance of Advanced Record Lists
• Pack Tables
• Preparing a Runtime Installation to use a Shadow Database
• Record List - Combo Box Table Lookup
• Record Locking
• Renaming Workspaces
• Restore a Workspace Backup
• Select Workspace Dialog
• Send Tables, Sets, and Workspace
• Send Workspace
• Sets vs Tables
• Sorting Records
• Testing if a New Record Was Created
• Updating Selected Records in a Table
• Using a Lookup to Set the Current Record
• Using a Query to Find a Record
• Using Addin Variables to Create a Multi-Database Application
• Using an Index to Find a Record
• Using Tables and Sets That are Not Part of a Database
• Using the New Table Set Genie
• Using the Shortcut Genie
• Using the Spell Check
• Using Transactions
• Working with Databases
• Workspace Specifications
• Zip Database
• Zip Tables, Sets, and Databases
• Zoom to Record

 

One-Step Backup

Description

Alpha Anywhere allows you to backup your desktop application with a single menu selections by selecting the Tools, Backup/Restore Database, One-step Backup command. Before you can run a one-step backup, you must first have saved backup settings.

To save backup settings:

1. On the Desktop Control Panel, select Tools > Backup/Restore Database > Backup Database... .

2. Make your selections on the dialog.

3. Press the Save Settings button.

4. To run the one-step backup, select Tools > Backup/Restore Database > One-step Backup.

You can also run One-Step Backup from Xbasic using the Onestep_Backup() command.

Limitations

Desktop applications only. Not available in Community Edition.

See Also

• Backup Database