Thanks Adam.

With regards.

Adam escribió:

>It depends on how transparent you want your backup to be. There is
>another component called FIBPlus that plugs into the VCL that you can
>use if you can't stand a dos box being displayed, but for us it was a
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>gbak is a dos based program, you can just use the server:alias syntax
>for the database path. Run "gbak -?" in a dos box to get the full
>list or parameters, design the script you need to do the backup, then
>just get your program to call those parameters. Only took me an hour
>to do in delphi from scratch, (including the UI and merging it into
>our main program). We just offer a 'Save As' style box for both the
>Backup file and the Backup log.
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>Adam
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>--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, XyVy <xyvy@o...> wrote:
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>>Then Adam, I need to call gbak from my application and indicate
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>>>--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, XyVy <xyvy@o...> wrote:
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>>>>way? I use C++ Builder 6.
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>>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>>Mery christmas!
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>>>No you don't need to shut it down. gbak has options about
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