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Synchromagic 4.3.2.2 - User Guide and FAQ
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Menu Items
File
- New - create new empty task list.
- Open - open tasks list dialog box appears.
- Save - save the current task list on disk.
- Save As - save as dialog box appears.
- 1 - recent file list
- 2
- ....
- Exit - quits program.
Edit
- New Task - use the New Task button.
- New Task Wizard - use the Tsk Wizard button.
- Clone Task - use the Clone Task button.
- Delete Task - use the Delete button.
- Undo changes - use the Undo button.
- Target submenu - use the target buttons Add and Delete.
- Clear All Fields - empties the source and target edit boxes along with the target list.
View
- Log file - use the Log button.
- Language - GUI language switch (Language plugins must be installed)
Action
- Synchronize - use the Synch button.
- Synchronize All - use the Synch ALL button.
- Replace - use the Replace button.
- Compare directories - use the COMPARE button.
- Equalize timestamps to target - change source files' timestamps equal to the target files' timestamps without copying files (for the same sized files only)
- Equalize timestamps to source - change target files' timestamps equal to the source files' timestamps without copying files (for the same sized files only)
- Backup - use the Backup button.
- Restore - use the Restore button.
Options
- Application Preferences - brings up the Preferences dialog box.
This dialog contains the following settings:
- Ask to save task list... - If this option is selected you will be asked if you want to save the task list when exiting, if the list was changed. If this option is not selected the task list will be saved automatically.
- Ask to confirm if both files... - If source and target files were changed since last synchronization you will be asked to confirm synchronization.
Start tasks consecutively... - If several tasks started by Synch or Synch All button they will be performed consecutively.
- Don't show Preview window... - If several tasks started Preview pane will not be shown, or it may disrupt completion of Synch process.
- Close task's progress window... - If not errors occurred task's progress window will be closed automatically.
- Minimize to system-tray - This minimizes Synchromagic to the Windows system tray
- Clear new tasks pattern - clear settings pattern which can be created in Advanced settings window.
- If cannot copy... - These settings will define the programs response when a problem appears while copying or deleting a file or directory.
Help menu
- Contents/Index - opens the help window.
- Webpage - Takes you directly to Synchromagic's Homepage.
- Register - opens the window for entering the registration key.
- Check for new version - check if new build of Synchromagic is available on the GeloSoft site.
- License online - takes you directly to EULA online page.
- About Synchromagic - opens a window with information about Synchromagic.
How Synchromagic works
Synchronizing: Synchromagic will automatically compare files, and find any files which have an older date of modification and overwrite with the newer one.
Replacing destination - Synchromagic deletes any target directories (files) which are not present in the source directory and copies newer and older files from source directory to the target directory. Caution: Be careful when using this operation because the deleted files can not be recovered.
Backup/restore tasks - The Backup Button provides compressed backup to a zip archive file. If "Use targets simultaneously" option selected source will be backed up to all targets every time task started. If "Use targets consecutively" option selected, every time task started only one target will be used (next target for next time and so on). If "Archive target" option is checked, source files will be archived into zip archive on the target.
Logging synchronization information - Every task that Synchromagic performs will write to the log file. Log files ((Task ID).txt) are located in the logs subdirectory of the Synchromagic home directory.
A note about FTP-server file synchronization - Remember that the FTP-server sets the date and time to the date and time you finish copying the files to it. For more information on FTP use, see the FAQ on the Gelosoft website.
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