copy some files from tablet

[Silvio.Falconi]

Friends,

Someone have a easy routine to copy files ( dbf) from a tablet VIA USB into computer and viceversa ?

thanks

[TimStone]

Check out GoodSync It is for far more than what you want, but it does a great job and is very low cost ( $ 29.95 usd ) I use it for backups to multiple drives, but it can do sync between the cloud, other devices, etc. It has timers and you can have multiple routines. So, you can set it to do a daily backup to one drive and hourly backups of changed data to another, and sync between devices. It's great software, maintained and updated steadily.

https://www.goodsync.com/

[Silvio.Falconi]

I mean from fwh application please

[carlos vargas]

Silvio, if tablet is android, yo can install this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... rver&hl=es
and shared a folder, in pc you can write backup routines (.bat or .exe) for manage files in this folder.

salu2
carlos vargas

[Silvio.Falconi]

the tablet is on Window 10
I must use the routine to copy a dbf from and to tablet
on the morning I must set the dbf into tablet and on the evening I must download dbf from tablet to pc

[Silvio.Falconi]

I want Know why this function ( samples folder of fwh) not run good
because I cannot set the drive
I not Know wich is the drive if id e or f or g or h


function Main()

CopyFiles( { "..\..\..\lib\five.lib", "..\..\..\lib\fivec.lib", "..\..\..\lib\winapi.lib" },;
{ "..\..\..\lib\five.bak", "..\..\..\lib\fivec.bak", "..\..\..\lib\winapi.bak" } )

return nil

[karinha]

Look \samples\INSTALL.PRG If it helps.

[James Bott]

Silvio,

I not Know wich is the drive if id e or f or g or h

Maybe you can use the file() function to check for the existance of a drive.

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do case
   case file("e:\..\..\lib\fivec.bak")
      cDrive:="e:"
 

James

[Silvio.Falconi]

if there are two tablets linked and have different drive and the name of dbf is the same but one tablet is for one bus and the other for another bus the situation is too hard to make . I must think how make it

[TimStone]

Silvio,

That is why I suggested a separate utility. I have many folders that contain files with the same name, and I have to auto sync them with multiple devices. The GoodSync program I suggested does all of that, automatically, always syncing across any file that changed, and it is very fast. It all runs automatically and it never fails. All of this for $ 29.95 usd. It simply was not worth my time to build something.

Tim

[Silvio.Falconi]

thanks tim....
but I suggest to make an function to acquire the dbf from tablet directly from fwh app
If I used the app I could use your goodsync utility
but there is another people use my application and he want load the archive directly from my app

[TimStone]

I appreciate that, but you could also recommend he consider the program I mentioned. It will do so much more for him. In addition to your data files, and documents he creates, pictures he takes, etc... can all be synced across multiple devices, and each one can have it's own profile. I know this doesn't answer your question. The problem I see is that devices may be difficult to find when plugged into a network or computer. We have so many types, and they may all be seen in different ways.

Here is another consideration. You will need two controls ... one to copy to the device(s) and one to copy from them. If you trigger these from buttons, consider this:

The user presses the button to copy the files from the desktop to the tablet.
Then the user goes out and does work all day, updating the file on the tablet.
Finally, the user comes back to the office, and accidently hits the button to copy the files from the desktop to the tablet. Now all of the day's work is lost ....

The GoodSync program eliminates this because it always transfers the latest file. Also, it can be set to perform this automatically, so no button needs to be pushed.

I appreciate what you would like to do, but the user may want to consider an immediate, alternate, solution because the cost is so low. I think you can even get them a free trial.

Tim