Archive and Restore

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To access the Archive and Restore buttons click Select/Create Project on this box (splash screen) when SpecView starts:

 

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The Archive and Restore buttons allow you to Archive or Restore entire projects.  This can be used for backup purposes, for sending projects from one computer to another, or for technical support purposes. Please see the Warning below.

Archive

SpecView creates a file known as a SpecView Archive, which has a filename extension of .SVA

 

To create an Archive, exit from SpecView and run it again, then at the Projects Found screen, select the name of the project to be archived and click the Archive button.

 

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The default place (disk and folder) to create the Archive is specified in Preferences - Runtime.  Use the Browse button to specify a different location. If removable media (for example a memory stick) is specified (E:\) and the project is too large to fit onto it, then the Archive process will automatically prompt for the additional media. Please ensure that you have a media ready for use.

 

The checkboxes have the following operation:

Include log files - This will include the log files into the Archive (.SVA) file. Uncheck this if you just want to archive the project without also backing up the log files. However, if the log files are being written to another folder (which is specified by, for example: 'Path=C:\MyLogFiles\' in Settings.ini) then these will NOT be archived even if the Include log files checkbox is checked.

Exclude files older than (days) - This will exclude log files which are older than the number of days specified. Therefore entering 7 would exclude log files from the Archive that were more than a week old.

Include Subfolders - This will include the contents of any subfolders within the project's folder.

Include SpecView backups - This will include the backups that SpecView automatically makes of the CONFIG files when these files have been changed while in Edit mode.

These backups are named: CONFIG.CF!, CONFIG.CF!1, CONFIG.CF!2, etc. and: CONFIG.CD!, CONFIG.CD!1, CONFIG.CD!2, etc.

 

Restore

To Restore a SpecView Archive (.SVA)  file, start SpecView, then at the Projects Found screen click the Restore button.

 

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Use the Browse button to locate the .SVA file to be restored. If the file is on removable media then the Restore process will automatically prompt for them.

 

The Restore to folder allows projects to be restored into a sub-folder. This is useful if there are a number of projects need to be kept together.

 

Projects cannot be restored outside the installation folder (default location for this is: C:\SV3\).

 

NOTE: If the project to be restored contains ActiveX controls then it is necessary to be running SpecView as an Administrator so that the ActiveX controls can be registered correctly.

 

The Include Subfolders checkbox will include the contents of any subfolders within the project's folder.

 

Once restored, a Project can, if required, be modified from Edit Mode. However modifications will only affect the restored Project folder, not the archived .SVA file, therefore the .SVA file can be considered as a backup.

 

WARNING:

If an Archive of a Project is to be copied onto another computer, in order for changes to be made to it and then to be subsequently Restored back onto the original computer, then CAUTION must be observed to avoid losing logged data. This is detailed in Restore - Overwrite Project Warning.