BACKUP Files Suggestion

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Hi Friedrich

A suggestion if I may.

When a SB installer makes copies of files to the BACKUP folder, it might be handy to
have it append the .0001 .0002 file extensions to the whole existing filename.ext
instead of replacing the .ext with the incrementin numeric.
That way there would be no uncertainty about which file is which. See attached
screenshot.

This change may cause some problems when restoring older versions, but that could
probably be handled OK.

John

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Good idea

Jeff Slarve
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John,

> A suggestion if I may.

I like the thought but some AV's dislike double extensions, ie: more
than one period.

Maybe something like...

ClaTPS-DLL.0001
ClaTPS-LIB.0001

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Lee

Yeah, that would work too. I had not heard of that problem with some AVs. I guess they
also hate the .0001 extensions also.

John

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John,

> also hate the .0001 extensions also.

I've never run into that but I have had problems in the past when I
programmatically stuffed a second extension onto a filename.

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Too kinky

Jeff Slarve
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Jeff,

> Too kinky

Yes, that may well have been the response from AVG!

Lee White

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Hi Lee,

> I like the thought but some AV's dislike double extensions, ie: more
> than one period.

Yes, double extensions are potential candidates for trouble (AV's are real
troublemakers).

> Maybe something like...
>
> ClaTPS-DLL.0001
> ClaTPS-LIB.0001

I agree 100%. That should work fine. I think we can add this as an option.
So developers can continue with the "old" backup method or choose the "new"
one.

Friedrich

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Hi John,

> A suggestion if I may.

Very good idea. I'll see what I can do.

Thank you for your suggestion.

Friedrich

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Hi John,

I have added a new 'PRESERVE_BACKUPEXT' #pragma. In the upcoming
SetupBuilder 8.1, you can set this #pragma to let the installer create
backup files in form of 'ClaTPS-DLL.0001'. See attached screenshot.

The new (optional) backup method is fully backward compatible to previous
SetupBuilder versions.

Thank you again for your suggestion.

Friedrich

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Correction. The new option is handled via the "Set Installer Flag..."
script function in SetupBuilder 8.1. The Set Installer Flag lets you set
specific internal installer flags. This gives more flexibility in this
case.

It can be programmatically enabled/disabled from the script now. For
example, to enable it:

Set Installer Flag $SB_PRESERVE_BACKUPFILEEXT$ to "1"

Friedrich

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Hi Friedrich

Great that you can do this, And all before your next Birthday<g>.
Have a great day tomorrow.

John

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> Great that you can do this, And all before your next Birthday<g>.
> Have a great day tomorrow.

<G> Thank you, John! :-)

Friedrich