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<Mephy> generally
<gio132232> ty
<Mephy> np
<gio132232> good nite
<LeddyHM> Is this right? if ComboBox4.Text <> nil then ?
<LeddyHM> trying to test for NULL
<Vibes^> Sheesh. This keeps getting worse and worse... If I have my app bring up the property editor dialog, outside of the IDE, it works fine.
<Vibes^> So even the property editor is only broken inside the IDE.
<LeddyHM> hmm incompatible types, string and pointer
<Rahly> thats so odd, Vibes^
<Rahly> hey samsci
<samsci> hey rahly
<Vibes^> I've got to walk away from this for a while... I'm going to the grocery store.
<daedo> LeddyHM: strings are not objects in Delphi, they are their own thing, they cannot be nil
<daedo> LeddyHM: if ComboBox4.Text <> ''
<LeddyHM> dang
<LeddyHM> I tried ""
<LeddyHM> lemme try that
<LeddyHM> worked like a champ
<cmf> http://content.leenks.com/pics/random37/random049.jpg
<cmf> rofl
<cmf> not for work
<cmf> well
<cmf> it's arguable :P
<samsci> borland opened up a huge office in atlanta
<samsci> man, that felt good
<samsci> been months since I kicked anyone
<cmf> ?
<samsci> have not kicked anyone in a long long time, and Blade was due
<cmf> i musta missed something
<cmf> or did you just kick him on principle?
<cmf> :)
<samsci> principle:)
<cmf> ok :)
<samsci> plus, he is so slow, he won't notice for a few days
<cmf> do you have any idea how differential backups work?
<cmf> where a backup program only backs up the part of a file that has changed since the last backup?
<samsci> nope, sorry
<cmf> i cant think of an efficient heuristic to accomplish that
<LeddyHM> it actually doesn't backup what's changed
<LeddyHM> it backs up the whole file
<cmf> that's incremental backup
<LeddyHM> if it was flagged as modified since last
<cmf> i've already implemented that
<cmf> perhaps my terminology is wrong
<cmf> I've always called that incremental backups
<cmf> and I've already got that implemented.. what I'm interested in is say a PST file that's 5gb.. the part of it that has changed needs to be backed up.. not the whole file
<cmf> i've HEARD other backup programs can do that
<cmf> but mine doesnt
<cmf> and my customers want it
<cmf> :(
<samsci> hmm, not sure how it could be done, because seems like it would try to merge the files together
<samsci> and that is risky
<cmf> thats what I think
<cmf> yet my customers persist that other programs do it
<LeddyHM> think of incremental as a transaction log
<LeddyHM> you need to restore in order
<cmf> yes.. i've already got incremental implemented.. and i've been selling it for years
<LeddyHM> http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/resource/solutions/backup/2005/incremental-backups.html
<LeddyHM> not exactly sure what you're backing up ;)
<cmf> i'm not
<cmf> like i said i just write the software
<LeddyHM> :)
<cmf> thanks for the link
<LeddyHM> what software you write?
<cmf> at least I'll be able to get my terminology straight ;)
<cmf> leddy: www.securabackup.com
<LeddyHM> cool
<LeddyHM> nice to see Delphi in the ent
<cmf> ent?
<LeddyHM> enterprise
<cmf> i lub delphi :)
<cmf> still using D5 though
<cmf> and i'd still be using D3 cept I needed int64
<LeddyHM> I worked for Borland back in the day
<LeddyHM> and was surprised to see they are still strong
<LeddyHM> back when paradox was "cool"
<cmf> hehe
<cmf> truth is, and most would tell you, I dont really use delphi to it's full potential
<LeddyHM> neither do I
<cmf> in fact.. I use the IDE and compiler
<LeddyHM> I'm just a scripter
<cmf> but I dont use any of it's VCL
<LeddyHM> learning to "program"
<cmf> i just like Pascal
<cmf> heh
<cmf> cool
<LeddyHM> not that I do any of that well either, but it's a good base
<cmf> just finished reading that site.. still a little confused why anyone would ever implement Differential
<cmf> when incremental is so much smarter
<cmf> perhaps I didnt understand it yet again =D
<LeddyHM> I didn't actually read it, lemme skim
<cmf> dont bother
<cmf> i read it twice
<cmf> incremental>differential
<cmf> hehe
<cmf> the way I implemented Incremental Backups in Secura is.. you can set it to do the incremental backups with a reset interval
<cmf> so that it does a full backup at a specific interval
<cmf> and deletes all the incremental file
<cmf> then does the incremental backups in between
<cmf> most likely how all backup software does it
<cmf> but since I'm so busy coding all the time I never have time to check out teh competition hehe
<LeddyHM> incremental resets the archive bit
<LeddyHM> whereas differential doesn't
<cmf> Secura doesnt use the archive bit
<cmf> I keep a seperate database
<cmf> for the files
<LeddyHM> interesting
<cmf> because it's possible that the user is using OTHER software that is using the archive bit
<cmf> and I didnt want to take that chance
<cmf> especially since Secura Backup runs seamlessly as a service
<samsci> cmf, with the way you code, you might want to learn the backup process
<cmf> and for some companies which shall remain nameless
<cmf> i've made custom versions
<cmf> that run on their employees computers
<cmf> and do hourly incremental backups without the users knowing
<LeddyHM> nice!
<cmf> so they might be tempted to run backup software on their computers because they dont know it's already being backed up
<cmf> hehehe
<LeddyHM> big brother looking back at ya
<samsci> :)
<cmf> samsci: huh?
<LeddyHM> how do you know if a file has changed to do the incremental?
<LeddyHM> test the size?
<cmf> date
<LeddyHM> or mod date
<LeddyHM> ahh
<cmf> modified date
<cmf> i'm working on a program now that will keep track in real time of all changed files
<cmf> and back them up
<cmf> as soon as they are changed
<LeddyHM> so then after it backs up the file, it stores the filename/last mod date?
<cmf> would work good for a website synchronizer too
<cmf> leddy: exactly
<LeddyHM> shouldn't be too hard to implement diff then
<cmf> i dont see the point in it
<LeddyHM> might need a db restructure tho
<cmf> incremental>differential
<LeddyHM> I completely agree
<LeddyHM> I would say nobody uses diff
<LeddyHM> but apparantely some of your customers do
<cmf> no
<cmf> they dont
<cmf> what they want
<cmf> my terminology was wrong
<cmf> what they want
<cmf> is the backup software to backup only the parts of a FILE that has changed
<cmf> and they say this exists
<LeddyHM> ohhh
<cmf> in other backup programs
<cmf> which seems unlikely to me but.. you never know hehe
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