September 29, 2010
In the recent versions of InRoads (V8i) an Autosave mechanism has been added under the Options (now called Project Options and moved from the Tools menu to underneath the File menu). On the General tab at the bottom is the Autosave files every ___ Minutes option. As usual in InRoads, a value of 0 (zero) means ignore this setting. Any other value is the number of minutes between file saving. The file is saved with an added ‘back’ tagged onto the file extension and a ~ (tilde) on the front like ~MySurfaceName.dtmback. The first time it autosaves your files you might experience a delay in the software if you are mid-stream a command, but subsequent autosaves are relatively disruption free. Of course this is very dependent on the size and number of your files. If needed later, the backup files can be renamed and opened just like a regular InRoads file. The location of the back-up file is determined by the location of the original file. If the file is brand new then the location of the back-up is driven by the InRoads Project Default settings if they are defined. If not then it uses the Windows Temp folder if it exists, and finally the main Root folder if all else fails (or is undefined). The file will continue to autosave until you save it manually. Over ten years ago an option like this used to exist, but this version has been significantly improved. Try it out!! |
