#1 Command Line support and other features

[SteveT]

Hi,

Nice program. Do you think it is possible to add the
following features:

1) Command line supportl. i.e. run the program with
fileSyncUI.exe "c:\temp\" "d:\my temp backup\" to sync
all files between two folders (automatically would be
good also).
2) Save the current sync folders as a file so they can
be opened again (like in the MRU file list) without
having to browse for the folders each time.
3) Provide a filter for the files to sync (so that only
'*.doc' files or 'ToBeSynced*.*' will be synced.
4) Please put a screen shot of the program on the home
page, it makes it alot easier for people to see if it
is a program that they could use.

What other features are you thinking of implementing?

Also, are you using VS.Net 2002 or 2003?

Anyway, good job. I have been looking around for a
while for a program that does a file/folder sync in C#
or VB.

Thanks,

Steve

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I will try to work in command line support. Should be easy.
The latest release ( v0.9.8.0 ) does allow to save, but not
the MRU ( i like the idea though ;) ) I will try to add
that one in too.
I totally forgot about the screen shot.... I will put those
up... Thanks for the interest. By the way ... VS NET 2003

ehazlett

[SteveT]

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Sounds good.

You could specify the save file instead of the folders
in the command line. Add a '/s' to sync automatically,
or open the main program to the save file
configuration if the '/s' is left off.

I saw the xml config file. It seems everything is on
one line like
(<tag1><subtag1>val1<subtag1><subtag2>val2<subtag2><tag1>)
instead of subtag1 & 2 being on a seperate lines from
tag1. The following line should be inserted before the first
line is written to file: xWriter.Formatting =
Formatting.Indented; This fixes it (and doesn't affect
reading the data in).

I had a great idea that you could specify multiple
folder syncs within the one save file and have a treeview
control on the side of the form that lets you see each of
them by a useful name. The listview control would be updated
each time you click on one of the folder sync items. This
would be perfect for what I need to backup various files from a
number of different locations to a removable HD.

Also, any chance of putting the code in the CVS? If I
get time, I would not mind having a tinker myself!

Steve

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Yeah, I havent worked too much with xml. Thanks for the fix.
I will definitely put the formatting in. I have thought about
the multiple jobs in a file, but I didnt think of the treeview. I
will look into that. I will also try to get the tree into cvs. I
may just put it up somewhere else ( i like subversion better ).

thanks.