> >
> > I agree it can be done, but you can't compare spawning a thread

and

> > running the service manager from within that thread to putting a

batch

> > file into the windows scheduler ;)
> >
> > Adam
>
> hmm, I don't do it like that (spawn another thread) - my desktop

apps run a

> modal window with a backup memo running. it uses the current

connection but

> since it's modal I don't see an issue - is there one?

Um, no except it ceases to be a 'hot backup' (by my possibly harsh
definition). Technically it is hot if by that phrase you mean that
you do not need to shutdown your application in order to perform a
backup, but it is not 'hot' in a significant sense because your
application can't do anything to the database while the backup is
running (unless you introduce a second thread that does something
else in the background).

It would be faster to from within your application disconnect from
the fdb file and then take a file system copy of the file, although
the fbk file is usually significantly smaller.

Adam