Automatic Backup to Cloud of .POS file
An automatic backup of the .pos file when closing down the program at the end of day to either a cloud file or an external drive would be great.
Just in case there is a crash (or worse, break in and the computer is stolen, it happens a lot here).
Currently I use a small program called "Everyday Automatic Backup" which will run a backup at a set scheduled time, but I can only run it at startup to make sure it doesnt damage the .pos file during the day, and it can only backup manually if I want it to do the backup at the end of day.
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I tell you the solution I found, I made a file.bat
1)In which you copy the db pos and paste it into a dropbox folder
2)Create a task in the task scheduler that runs every day at a specific time and does so automatically
and with that I have a copy every day in the cloud to be protected from any problem
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Enrique, That works well, good idea.
Instead of Task Scheduler I got a free program called "Everyday Auto Backup" (its set to copy the .pos file when the computer is first started in the morning so that the .pos file is not in use, so it cant get corrupted), and pointed it to save the .pos file into the OneDrive folder.
Once saved in there, it goes automatically to the cloud.
Now I don't have to do anything at all, everyday it auto backs up to the cloud in the morning.
The most that can be lost is the current days sales figures in the case of a crash.
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