Here’s an updated version of a backup/restore program I wrote awhile ago. The first version worked, but it needed some changes. The changes I made are
1: the plist I use to get the project names is a seperate project and the only thing thats needed is the dependencies checked of the projects you want to backup. That project name needs to be plist or if you change the code, you can name it anything you want.
2: the backup file name is now created automatically. It has the format bkupmmdd-hhmm where mm is the month 01-12, dd is the day 01-31, hh the hour 01-23, and mm the minutes 00-59. So each time you do a backup, a new file is created. That file is saved as a text file in the folder Dropbox. You can delete any backup files you don’t want from the Dropbox folder. You can also sync any new backup files with the Dropbox app using sync from the Dropbox folder.
3: Running the code and selecting what you want to do is also easier. I added comments on the screen to guide you thru the steps. One button creates the backup file and the other buttons allow you to see all your backup file names, select which backup you want to use, and which project you want to extract.
4: You can only extract 1 project at a time, but you can extract as many projects as your memory allows, creating a new tab for each project.
5: So the steps are, create a project called plist and check the dependencies of each project you want to backup. Run the backup program and tap Create a backup file. You’ll see a list of projects saved, the backup file name, the number of projects saved, and the file size. To extract a project, tap Show all backup files, to see a list of all your backup files. Tap on one of them to select it, then tap Show saved projects. Tap on the project you want to extract and tap Extract. You’ll see a message saying a tab for that project was created. You can extract more projects if you want. To complete the extract, you need to exit the program back to the editor. There you’ll see a tab for each project you extracted. Tap the tab you want, then you’ll need to select all the code, and copy it. Exit the project and long press Add new project until you see Paste into project. Enter the project name and press Create. A lot of this would be easier if we could create a project from within the program. Since this is new code, there may be problems. Play with it until you are comfortable with it. If you find any problems, let me know.
Here’s a link to the program.
Link removed, see next post.
EDIT: Any tab that’s created for an Extract will automatically be removed when the backup program is executed.