Settings / Advanced

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These parameters can be used to get and set the archive generation options and the database restoring options.

In the Backup.XML file, these keys are included in the generic "Settings" item.

AutomaticRestore

version 2004

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / AutomaticRestore

Values accepted

True or False. By default: False.

Equivalent option in Preferences

Page: Backup/Restore
Group: Automatic Restore.

Description

Value of the "Restore last backup if database is damaged" option.

AutomaticLogIntegration

version 2004

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / AutomaticLogIntegration

Values accepted

True or False. By default: True.

Equivalent option in Preferences

Page: Backup/Restore
Group: Automatic Restore.

Description

Value of the "Integrate last log if database is incomplete" option.

AutomaticRestart

version 2004

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / AutomaticRestart

Values accepted

True or False. By default: True.

Equivalent option in Preferences

Page: Backup/Restore
Group: Automatic Restore.

Description

Value of the "Start database after automatic restore" option.

BackupIfDataChange

version 2004

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / BackupIfDataChange

Values accepted

True or False. By default: False.

Equivalent option in Preferences

Page: Backup/Backup
Group: General Settings.

Description

Value of the "Backup only if the data file has been modified" option.

CompressionRate

version 2004

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / CompressionRate

Values accepted

None, Fast or Compact. By default: None.

Equivalent option in Preferences

Page: Backup/Backup
Group: Archive.

Description

Value of the "Compression Rate" option.

Redundancy

version 2004

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / Redundancy

Values accepted

None, Low, Medium or High. By default: None.

Equivalent option in Preferences

Page: Backup/Backup
Group: Archive.

Description

Value of the "Redundancy Rate" option.

Interlacing

version 2004

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / Interlacing

Values accepted

None, Low, Medium or High. By default: None.

Equivalent option in Preferences

Page: Backup/Backup
Group: Archive.

Description

Value of the "Interlacing Rate" option.

EraseOldBackupBefore

version 2004

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / EraseOldBackupBefore

Values accepted

True (corresponding to "after") or False (corresponding to "before"). By default: True.

Equivalent option in Preferences

Page: Backup/Backup
Group: General Settings.

Description

Value of the "Delete oldest backup file [before/after] backup" option.

CheckArchiveFileDuringBackup

version 2004.5

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / CheckArchiveFileDuringBackup

Values accepted

True or False. By default: True.

Equivalent option in Preferences

No equivalent option.

Description

After a backup, 4th Dimension automatically checks the integrity of the files that were backed up. It is possible to deactivate this check by passing False in the CheckArchiveFileDuringBackp key. In this case, the archives will not be checked. For security reasons, this parameter is to be used for specific cases only and should not be used in general.

BackupJournalVerboseMode

version 2004.5

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / BackupJournalVerboseMode

Values accepted

True or False. By default: True.

Equivalent option in Preferences

No equivalent option.

Description

This parameter can be used to reduce the amount of information stored in the backup journal, and thus reduce its size. If you pass False in this key, only the main information will be stored in the backup journal: date and time of start of operation and any errors that occurred.

SetNumber

These parameters can be used to configure the mechanism for storing archives. The corresponding preferences are found in the "General Settings" group on the Backup/Backup page of the Preferences.

Enable

version 2004

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / SetNumber / Enable

Values accepted

True or False. By default: True.

Equivalent option in Preferences

Page: Backup/Backup
Group: General Settings.

Description

"Keep only the last X backup files" option.

Value

version 2004

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / SetNumber / Value

Values accepted

Number of files. By default: 3.

Equivalent option in Preferences

Page: Backup/Backup
Group: General Settings.

Description

Value X of the "Keep only the last X backup files" option when it is set to True.

Transaction

These parameters concern the management of transactions during backups. They are found in the "General Settings" group on the Backup/Backup page of the Preferences.

WaitForEndOfTransaction

version 2004

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / Transaction / WaitForEndOfTransaction

Values accepted

True or False. By default: False.

Equivalent option in Preferences

Page: Backup/Backup
Group: General Settings.

Description

Radio button: "Always wait for the end of operations" = False. "Abort backup after waiting" = True.

Timeout

version 2004

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Settings / Advanced / Transaction / Timeout

Values accepted

Number of minutes or seconds in the ISO DateTime (0000-00-00T00:00:00) format. By default: 0000-00-00T00:03:00 (3 minutes)

Equivalent option in Preferences

Page: Backup/Backup
Group: General Settings.

Description

Value of the "Abort backup after waiting" option, expressed in minutes or seconds.

BackupFailure

These parameters manage the options in the case of backup failure. They are found in the "General Settings" group on the Backup/Backup page of the Preferences.

TryBackupAtTheNextScheduledDate

version 2004

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / BackupFailure /TryBackupAtTheNextScheduledDate

Values accepted

True or False. By default: False.

Equivalent option in Preferences

Page: Backup/Backup
Group: General Settings.

Description

Radio button: "Retry at the next scheduled date and time" = False. "Retry after" = True.

TryToBackupAfter

version 2004

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / BackupFailure / TryToBackupAfter

Values accepted

Number of hours, minutes or seconds in the ISO DateTime (0000-00-00T00:00:00) format. By default: 0000-00-00T00:01:00 (1 minute).

Equivalent option in Preferences

Page: Backup/Backup
Group: General Settings.

Description

Value of the "Retry after" option, expressed in hours, minutes or seconds.

AbortIfBackupFail

version 2004

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / BackupFailure / AbortIfBackupFail

Values accepted

True or False. By default: False.

Equivalent option in Preferences

Page: Backup/Backup
Group: General Settings.

Description

"Cancel the operation after" option.

RetryCountBeforeAbort

version 2004

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / BackupFailure / RetryCountBeforeAbort

Values accepted

Number of attempts. By default: 5.

Equivalent option in Preferences

Page: Backup/Backup
Group: General Settings.

Description

Number of backup attempts.

FileSegmentation

This parameter can be used to set the segmentation of archives.

DefaultSize

version 2004

/ Preferences4D / Backup / Settings / Advanced / FileSegmentation / DefaultSize

Values accepted

0, 100, 200, 650 or 700. By default: 0.

Equivalent option in Preferences

Page: Backup/Backup
Group: Archive.

Description

Value of the combo box associated with the "Segment Size (Mb)" option.

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