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Go to Cobian Backup's main page See also Cobian Backup evolution Cobian Backup history 2008-09-21 Version 9.5.0.201 * Now you can ignore or include junction points in your backup * Zip files can now archive empty directories * 7Zip files can now archive empty directories * Volume Shadow Copy works now even when impersonating users. This is done by reverting back to the original user before starting VSS * The parametrization occurs now after the impersonation action * A new parameter %USERNAME was introduced (gets the user name of the user running the backup) * Unchecking "Show all icons" will now also remove the icons from the main menu * The start-stop service dialog sets now the focus in the list of services * Problem with AV error and system files is solved with zip compression * Problem with AV error and very long file names is solved with zip compression * The builder tool resets the read only attribute before making a new distro * FAQ updated * Russian language updated * Dutch translation updated * Portuguese-br language updated * English language updated * Swedish language updated
2008-07-03 Version 9.1.1.193 * A bug has been fixed when the program didn't force a full first backup sometimes * French language updated * English language updated * Slovak language updated * Italian language updated * Taiwanese language updated * Portuguese-Brazil language updated * Portuguese -Ptlanguage added 2008-06-27 Version 9.1.1.192 * An error that prevented the decompressor to run was introduced in the previous version. Fixed. * Some typos were corrected in the english language files * German language updated * Portuguese-brazil language updated 2008-06-24 Version 9.1.1.187 * A warning is now logged when a 7zip archive is splitted with a size > 2GB * An alternative green tray icon can now be selected fron the Options-Visuals dialog * Problem with progress indication and FileMasks is solved for the ZIP method * Problem with extracting files with Exclusion Mask was solved for the ZIP method * Problem with long unicode file names was solved for the ZIP method * Problem with with zero uncompressed size files was solved for the ZIP method * Partial portuguese-Brazil translation added * Latvian language updated * Hungarian language added * Czech language added * Italian translation updated * German language updated * Russian language updated * Slovak language updated * Polish language updated * French language updated * Taiwanese language updated * Catalan language updated * English language updated * Spanish language updated * Swedish language updated 2008-04-22 Version 9.1.1.178 * End of the BETA period * The remote client can now cancel any operation on the remote machine * The favorite list on the Remote client can now be arranged by moving its items up and down * When forcing missed backups, the interface will now wait for 30 seconds, just to give time for the engine to start * Three new parameters added: %APPLICATIONPATH, %DBPATH and %SETTINGSPATH. See the help file * Polish language updated * French language updated * Russian language updated * Latvian language updated * Italian language updated * Slovak language updated * Taiwanese language updated * Korean language updated * Spanish language updated * Swedish language updated * English language updated 2008-04-07 Version 9.1.1.172 BETA * If a source was not present when the task used compression, no error was displayed. Fixed * The program re-connects now well when the connection to the FTP server times out while encrypting or compressing * English language updated * Spanish language updated * Swedish language updated * Polish language added * Korean language added * Slovak language added 2008-03-28 Version 9.1.1.169 BETA * The default color of the log is now clWindowText and not clBlack * Problem with wrong CRC and encrypted splitted Zip64 archive files is solved * English file updated * Swedish language updated * Help file updated * The FAQ has been updated * Danish language added * Taiwanese language added * Slovak language added * Italian language updated * Dutch language updated * Latvian language updated * Russian language updated
2008-03-16 version 9.1.1.166 BETA * French language updated 2008-03-16 version 9.1.1.160 BETA * Dutch language added * Latvian language added * Catalan language added * The VSS function is now disabled for 64-bits Vista (see the FAQ) * A warning is now displayed in the Setup if ZoneAlarm is installed (see the FAQ) * A batch file failed to execute as an event if the parameter contained a space * Italian language updated * Russian language updated * The update server has been simplified * Spanish language updated * Problem with multi-volume zip archives and Unicode file names is solved * Access violation error when deleting and adding a file with the same name to a zip archive is fixed * Problem with high memory consumption when extracting large archives in the Decompressor is solved 2008-03-10 version 9.1.1.149 BETA * An utility to repair the permissions of the settings and database directory is now included * Some inconsistencies with the component's version numbers fixed * Some functions were executing without asking for a password when the "protect user interface" was active * The uninstaller waits now 10 seconds (and not 6 secs) after closing the programs that are running * Russian language updated * Spanish language updated * Swedish language updated * Some options in the remote client were not correctly translated. Fixed. * When splitting and no files were compressed, an empty file was left on the destination. Fixed * New Vista compatible icons are now used (thanks to "Blackhold" and "Startling ") * The FAQ has been updated * The help file has been updated * The interface now adds a leading slash to the working directory when creating a FTP site 2008-03-05 Version 9.0.0.123 BETA * Italian language added * Russian language updated * German language updated * Some dialogs had components which didn't translated to other languages. Fixed. * Spanish and english tutorials corrected * German tutorial added * French language updated * 7zip method with ULTRA compression didn't work sometimes. ULTRA will work as MAXIMUM until a reliable solution is found * The 7zip method would not update the UI when the first file was a large one. Fixed * Fixed a bug when adding a directory to a 7z archive. This was not afecting the program at all but was a potential problem 2008-03-02 Version 9.0.0.121 BETA * French language added * German language added * The FTP and SMTP testing dialog shows now before the test begins * Changing the SSL type to implicit changes now the default port of the FTP automatically * Changing the SSL type to implicit changes now the default port of the SMTP automatically * When checking a 7zip file an error was logged twice. Fixed. * Using the 7zip method the program did not check the created files when using splitting. Fixed. * If the 7zip chunks are larger than 2Gb, then they are set back to 2Gb * Three new parameters added: %FNDATENOTIME, %FNTIMENODATE, %FNDATETIME (see the help file) * The remote client didn't remember the language to use correctly * The first time you run the remote client it now guesses the
language to use based on the language you selected when you
installed the main program 2008-02-24 Version 9.0.0.117 BETA * Fixed a problem with 7zip compression. When adding zero files to an archive, the program would hang sometimes * Help file updated 2008-02-18 Version 9.0 BETA * Support for Volume Shadow Copies. You will be able to backup locked files * 7zip method added. SQX is now gone. * Pause added to all operations * An interface instance closes now all other existing instances * The update function can now use SOCKS proxy * SMTP can now use SOCKS * SMTP can now use SSL * Autostart the interface can now be set for all users or the current user * Autostart options are now playing fair with administrator’s rights * Start a backup when autostart * The remote directories are now created from the top to the root, thus minimizing the risk for Permission problems * Downloading files shows now the percent * FTP operations can now use UTF transfers is the server support it * FTP operations use now UNICODE for local operations * Zip files can now store file names in UNICODE * Checking an archive could sometimes delete the archived files. Fixed. * Prettier about boxes * Icon in task properties for Manual AND ftp where swapped * IPC via MMF is now gone * The update server can now use MSSQL for logs or can use no logs at all * Checking archives wrongly displayed Compressing using the verbose log * CobDeleter is now an integral part of the UI * Fixed the old “Error while connecting to :21:" error * A brand new, improved help file and tutorial * A remote client allows you to control the program from any other computer using TCP/IP * Date/Time and Password utilities added * In the Update function fails, the next one will be checked after 16 hours and not after 10 minutes. Enough of server hammering! * The balloon now appears exactly near the system tray. Good calculation. * The uninstall part of the setup is now truly automatic * You can change the remote options for the auto-setup as well 2007-09-27 version 8.4.0.202 * Vista manifests added to all the executable files. This prevents some problems with Vista virtualization (the engine and the interface were , in some cases, not communicating well) * Chinese- simplified language updated * Portuguese-br language updated * Romanian language added * French translation updated * Russian translation updated * Some errors in the english tutorial have been corrected * Swedish language updated
2007-03-21 Version 8.4.0.198 * The program is now 100% compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista * A new Interprocess communication method using named pipes has been added (for Vista) * German 2 translation updated.
2007-03-07 Version 8.3.0.189 * Fixed a bug that prevented the program to use SMTP servers with authentication * Some problems with permissions on Vista running under User Account Control have been fixed. Note that the program is NOT 100% Vista compatible yet * The Update server used to hang if the log file got to big * The log file of the update server is now renamed when it's size = 1 GB * A buf fixed when detecting Vista
2007-02-15 Version 8.2.0.186 * Fixed a bug that prevented some directories to be deleted * A new slovenian translation has been included * Hungarian language updated
2007-02-03 Version 8.2.0.179 * HOTFIX, IMPORTANT UPDATE: In very strange cases, whhen downloading from an FTP site, if some exception was arised and the program was running as a service, the program could potentially corrupt the System32 directory. FIXED. * French language updated * Swedish language added * Taiwan language updated * Portuguese-pt language updated 2007-01-26 Version 8.2.0.173 * This is the LAST version directly updated and distributed by Luis Cobian. The original author has decided to make the program Open Source and it's time to other people to take over the development. Thank you a lot for all these years! * Fixed a refreshing bug in the standalone decryptor. * Russian language updated * Danish language updated * Italian language updated * Portugese-brazil language updated * Portugese-Pt language updated * Indonesian language updated * Polish language updated 2006-11-16 Version 8.2.0.171 * If the engine or the interface cannot access the temporary directory, the program will change it automatically and log a warning * If the user cancels the backup, and the shutdown flag is set, the program will NOT shutdown the computer * The time elapsed for a backup is now shown as hh:mm:ss * Fixed a problem when deleting read-only directories * Dutch language updated * German 2 translation updated * Indonesian language updated * Finnish translation added * The css of the help file works now fine in Firefox * French tutorial added * French help added * French language updated * Portuguese files updated * Russian translation updated * Chinese simplified language added * Help file updated 2006-08-25 Version 8.1.0.162 * Fixed a problem with the security permissions for the log file * The log file lives now in the DB subdirectory. * The program deletes now backups which have the "Read only attribute" set * The color of the progress bar for the Total percent of the operation has been changed to brown when active * Danish language added * French language updated * Polish language updated * Russian language updated * Chinese - Traditional language added
2006-08-07 Version 8.0.0.151 * Copying a root directory (C:\, for example) copied also it's attributes, making the destination hidden. Fixed. * The attributes and permissions of a directory are now copied after the contain was copied.
2006-08-07 Version 8.0.0.149 * The caption of the Select directory dialog has been fixed * The date/time of the mail send by the program is now correctly set. * Tahoma is now the default font for the interface * The default color of the hints is now the system default * Portugese (Portugal) version added * Polish language added * The catalonian and portugese files have been renamed to exclude the accents in the file names (there are problems in some chinese systems with this) * Czech language updated * Italian language added * Hungarian language added * Alternative german language added * French language updated * German language updated * Indonesian language added * Dutch language files updated * Dutch help file added 2006-06-27 Version 8.0.0.146 * I'm off to Mallorca for a couple of weeks of vacation. Will be back in the middle of July. Please use ONLY the support forum for questions. They will be answered when I come back. * The program now correctly copies the attributes of the directories as well * The Copy NTFS permissions is now set to false by default for new installations * Using include masks with several sources in compressed backups resulted in the program backing up more files than it was needed. Fixed. * Hungarian language updated * Portuguese language updated * French language updated
2006-06-26 Version 8.0.0.142 * The zip operation now correctly uses the temporary directory * The user interface remembers now the last used directory * Some controls have been better centered * The decryptor warns now if the destination and the source are the same * Russian language updated * Dutch tutorial added * Portuguese language updated
2006-06-22 Version 8.0.0.138 * The masks logic has been re-visited. Better masks support * Decrypting files restores now the time stamp and the attributes of the original file * A new parameter %COMPUTERNAMENOSPACES has been added * Some cosmetical fixes done * Dutch language updated * Some errors in the help file have been fixed * Portuguese language updated 2006-06-20 Version 8.0.0.136 * The Services' window remembers now the position * The backup properties dialog uses now the Show grid setting * A "Find Next" button has been added to the Translator tool. * The conditions to copy open files when possibly are now less restrictive. * Some menu items were not translated correctly. Fixed. * Selecting all the text in the log tab sets now the focus to the log area first. * Some changes done in the authentication mechanism for SMTP * The width of some controls has been adjusted to fit the Russian translation * Russian translation added * Slovenian language added * Portuguese language added * Catalonian language added 2006-06-20 Version 8.0.0.134 * A new option was added to show the grid lines for the lists * The default log font has been changed to Courier New * A warning is now shown in the installer for the translators * Some changes done in the english and spanish translation * Hungarian translator added
2006-06-15 Version 8.0.0.132 * The task properties dialog displayed the wrong text for inclusion masks * French translation updated * The event "Add pause" displayed the wrong caption * Trying to update a split archive gave of course an error. Now the program forces a full backup instead. * The Cancel and OK button on the task properties never was translated. Fixed.
2006-06-14 Version 8.0.0.129 * Fixed a bug with the "Save list as" menu * Some changes done in the Spanish translation * You can now copy from the program's browser * French translation updated * A partially done Czech language translation added
2006-06-12 Version 8.0.0.126 * Fixed a problem with permissions with the main list * Fixed a problem with permissions with the update ini file * Non-critical errors are not shown in the total error count * French translation added * German translation added * Dutch translation added
2006-06-07 Version 8.0.0.121 * The program now imports lists from previous versions with FTP sources or destinations correctly 2006-06-05 Version 8.0.0.118 * Installing the service under a local account resulted in a "No mapping" error. Fixed * The ExecuteAndWait event was not working well when the program was working as a service. Fixed. * The program was ignoring the setting "Mail if errors only". Fixed * If the backspace key was pressed on the internal browser, 2 characters were removed. Fixed * Some grammatical errors in the tutorial have been corrected. * The program shows now the update information in a better way 2006-06-02 Version 8.0.0.109 * More functionality added to the mask logic 2006-06-01 Version 8.0.0.108 * The exclusions/inclusions mask were not working at all. The basic functionality has been fixed. More to come in this field. * The error No argument for format '%s' was shown while a download failed. Fixed. * The program now copies the permissions of the directories as well
2006-05-31 Version 8.0.0.105 * The program had sometimes problems detecting UNC directories. Fixed * The program now assigns Full Control for all users to the DB and Settings subdirectory. Needed for multiuser access. * backing up a whole drive like C:\ resulted in an invalid directory name. Fixed * The toolbar buttons are now displayed as 32x32 buttons and not as 48x48 2006-05-30 Version 8.0.0.99 * The FTP test works could not create a test with timestamps in the file name. Fixed * The setup program now correctly installs the UI manifest * The visual XP style works now correctly * The archive comment was not correctly translated 2006-05-29 Version 8 BLACK MOON BETA is out! The program uses now Unicode functions whenever it can. Using compression and FTP will use ANSI functions, of course because of limitations on those formats or the FTP protocol. If you don't use compression or FTP, the program will always handle your file names as Unicode. The program uses now memory mapped files for inter-process communication. All the TCP communication used in older versions has been eliminated. A new method of encryption has been added: RSA-Rijndael, which uses a 256-bit Rijndael encryption with a random key that is itself encrypted used a 1024-bit RSA asymmetric key. Sensitive settings as passwords are now stored in the ini file using strong encryption The program is now a "green" application. All the files are stored in ini files. The only part that used the registry is the service, which, for obvious reasons must be installed using the registry. A green application, of course is not necessarily a good thing, but some people (often for "religious" reasons) seem to think that this is a good thing. Oh, well... A feature allows you now you execute individual tasks under different user accounts. The task will then try to impersonate the user and execute the task under that account. The 256 characters path limit is now GONE thanks to Unicode. The file and paths names can now be up to 32000 characters long. Now you can close programs using also their class names. Better SQX error handling. Full service control from the Option dialog. The mirroring effect that you got while compressing AND overwriting has been thankfully eliminated. LOTS of bugs fixed A better user interface. FTP transfers of larger files (> 2 GB are now supported) 2006-04-18 Version 7.6.0.351 * Some very important changes in the encryption methods have been done. In the pass, some problems could arise if you were encrypting files with a size of 2GB or larger. This is now fixed. For compatibility with the new method introduced in Black Moon, the encryption is now done using unicode passphrases. Of course, the decryptor has been updated to handle the new and the obsolete methods. Version 7.4.5.349 * Support for the new Live update service (v2) has been added * When the source of a backup contained a large number of files, and several tasks started at the same time, those tasks were ignored because the program was busy counting files. FIXED. * Esperanto translation added * Russian language updated * A NEW portuguese-brazilian translation has been added * Italian translation updated 2006-03-29 Version 7.4.5.348 * The ShutDown procedure displayed the "It's safe to shutdown Windows" screen. Should be fixed now. * Check the program homepage for info about Cobian Backup Black Moon 2006-02-28. Version 7.4.5.347 2005-12-13 Version 7.4.5.343 2005-11-28 Version 7.4.5.335 2005-11-23 Version 7.4.0.323 2005-11-16 Version 7.3.0.310 * Now you can check the CRC of the files copied
WITHOUT compression. This makes the backup 3 times slower but much
reliable. 2005-11-02 version 7.1.1.298 2005-10-18 Version 7.1.0.287 * The decompressor remembers now the working directory between sessions * The decrypting tool remembers now the working directories between sessions * The setup program correctly create the icons now when installing for the current user * The FAQ has been updated 2005-10-12 Version 7.1.0.284 2005-08-03 Version 7.0.0.270 2005-08-03 Version 7.0.0.256 BETA 2005-08-03 Version 7.0.0.251 BETA 2005-06-30 Version 7.0.0.243 BETA 2005-06-30 Version 7.0.0.241 BETA 2005-06-29 Version 7.0.0.235 BETA 2005-06-27 Version 7.0.0.230 BETA 2005-06-23 Version 7.0.0.227 BETA 2005-06-17 version 7.0.0.223 BETA 2005-06-16 version 7.0.0.220 2005-06-15 Version 7.0.0.214 BETA * Partial help translation (thanks to Emmanuel
Brillot) 2005-01-28 Version 6.1.1.264 * Now you can use the program as a scheduler. Just add the source *DUMMY_SOURCE* using the "Add manually" button * A new memory manager is used now to solve the Out of memory issue when compressing large archives * A bug has been fixed with encryption and incremental backup. Encrypted backup respect now the archive attribute. 2005-01-14 Version 6.1.1.260 * Now you can split your files to a custom size * An alternative french translation has been added * English and swedish language has been corrected. * The values for the split size have been changed. No problems fitting the media now, hopefully. * The english help file has been corrected. 2004-12-16 Version 6.1.0.254 * Now you can have BOTH "Exclude files" AND "Include only" some files * When zipping and uploading to an FTP the counter of the files used to show the real number +1. Fixed. * When zipping several subtasks, the "root" of the zip will now be the parent directory of the first item. If you are updating existing files you could have duplicate items now because of this change. Delete your zip and make a whole backup first to be sure. * A bug has been fixed when using "including" masks into a zip file. * French language updated * If the temporary directory doesn't exists, the program will now attempt to create it * A bug has been fixed when sending the log to multiple recipients. 2004-12-08 Version 6.0.2.235 * You can now directly edit a source or destination line by double clicking on it. * A new hidden setting has been introduced. You can now turn on/off the checking for the validity of the input in the source or destination box. * The setup program is now 100% written by me * Fixed a bug when dragging and dropping a folder in the Exclude dialog * Before uploading a file, the program checks once more if a time out occurred on the server. * A bug has been fixed with non classical incremental FTP backup. It will now copy when the incremental flag is not set. 2004-12-01 Version 6.0.2.224 * The new unzipper can now be invoked from the Tools menu * When splitting zip files AND sending them to a FTP, the file names will now be created correctly * The unzip utility has been updated to handle the changes on the archives file name. * A possible problem when checking the validity of the resulting file names has been fixed * A bug has been fixed on the CRC checking procedure. * A bug caused by the 3rd part zipping components has been fixed with a work around. File names that contained double extensions got cropped when splitting archives * Added a hidden option to eliminate white spaces on dates in the file name. This is useful if your FTP server does have problems with spaces * Some 3rd part components have been substituted by my own ones * Slovak help file available as a download * The setup program now creates a shortcut to the unzipper * Serbian language (latin) has been added * A new improved unzipper has been included. Now you can select the files to unzip. * Alternative Prortuguese (BR) language added * German ,Dutch and Czech languages updated * Finish language added * When using the abomination "Individual zipped subtasks" the "Kepp x copies" will have no effect now. * Romanian language updated 2004-11-16 Version 6.0.2.209 * The user interface now shows the right size for large files > 4 GB * The user interface uses now the API message box function when possible. * The setup program doesn't use any 3d-part components anymore, the early crashes were caused by the use of a bad 3rd part component * The date/times values are now independent of the regional settings. The list will be converted to a new format * Slovak language updated * Portuguese (Brazil) language added 2004-11-11 Version 6.0.1.202 * Now you can right click to the tasks and choose Disable to disable/enable dem. No need to open a task only for this * The installer's behavior has been modified a little * The uninstaller will now respect the extra plugins and languages installed after the setup * Fixed a bug when the engine would freeze in service mode while compressing afile open exclusively be another application. * Dutch language added * Czech language added * Portuguese language added * Nonsense language added * Swedish language added * A plugin (CobLazy) was created. Available from the website but NOT in the distro 2004-10-05 Version 6.0.0.194 * Exclusions list logics has been rewritten * If the log file was empty, an exception would happen when displaying the log file. Fixed. * The directory size now shows th RIGHT size * Romanian language added * Fixed a bug with the DateTime picker * A totally new setup program was build 2004-10-01 Version 6.0.0.187 * VERSION 6.0 RELEASED* * It's all new. Period. * Support for Zip64 for huge zip files * Zip files can be splitted now * Strong encrypting procedures to secure your backups. Uses Blowfish (128-bit), Rijndael (128-bit) or DES (64-bit) * The user can change the font of the user interface * A plugin architecture was developed and the "Decrypting" plugin was created * The interprocess communication is done using TCP/IP * Remote control is now posible using TCP/IP * Backup one source to multiple destination * Local and FTP backup * 3 methods of copying files for more reliability * Everything is coded from scratch * Avanced users can modify almost every detail of the backup process 2004-01-09 No new version * Finish traslation added as a separate download from my site * Spanish help file added as a separate download from my site * Fixed dutch translation as a separate download from my site * Romanian translation added as a separate download from my site * Added danish translation as a separate download from my site 2003-09-23 Version 5.2.1.0 * Fixed an "Index out of bounds" error on the new Select folder dialog * A quick fix to eliminate the bug when compressing files with accented characteres in the file name (a more complete fix for this problem comes in future versions) 2003-09-11 Version 5.2.0.0 * Now you can store files in the zip archive using the OEM codepage for compatibility with WinZip and other programs * Now you can select whole directories in the exclusion list * New hungarian translation included (full) * Fixed a bug on drag and drop in the properties dialog box * A debug mode was introduced. * Fixed the error: ZipMsgXX.res is probably not linked to the executable 2003-09-06 Version 5.1.4.0 * Some more changes introduced into the Copy procedure. Hopefully the "Invalid window handle" error will be gone now. 2003-08-23 Version 5.1.3.0 * Fixed a bug in the Copy procedure. 2003-08-23 Version 5.1.2.0 * The old zip method has been dropped and completly replaced by the new one * A new improved german translation is done * Portuguese-pt translation added * Hungarian translation added (somewhat incomplete, but usable) 2003-08-10 Version 5.1.1.0 * Encrypt procedure for the new zip method fixed 2003-08-10 Version 5.1.0.0 * An alternative zip method has been implemented using the INFOZIP libraries. Hopefully all zip and CRC problems will be gone now. (Note that this is NOT the default compression method. You need to select it from the options) * German translation added * Chech language added. 2003-07-26 Version 5.0.3.0 * FTP transfers uses now the inclusion/exclusion list * All the elements on the interface use the default charset * Lithuanian translation included 2003-07-13 Version 5.0.2.0 * You can now select multiple directories for the source file. An alternative "standard" dialog is also included due to problems of the new dialog on double-byte systems * A new type of "dummy" source has been added(Pressing Ctrl-Alt-D on the source edit box) * Fixed an error in the converting utility. When converting a list from version 4 to 5 an inclusion list was converted as an exclusion * I'm back using the old copy method and not using streams anymore: too much problems * Some changes has been made on the english, swedish, french and italian translations * Dutch translation added 2003-07-04 Version 5.0.1.0 * The select folder dialog was giving a lot of problems on chinese and other double-byte systems, so I am back into the standard select folder dialog.To select multiple directories you must now use drag'n'drop from the explorer. * Drag'n'drop is now supported directly into the New backup window and not only into the main window. * If the source contains more than one item and you are compressing, the zip file will now always store absolute paths. * A bug in the installer has been fixed when setting the autostart keys on the registry * The program now correctly re-writes read-only files * The program copies now the file attributes 2003-06-26 Version 5.0 * The backup engine has been rewrited from scrach * User interface has been partially re-designed * A main menu has been added for users without mouse * The password for the user interface is now cached in memory 1 minute * Multi-language support * The program no longer hangs if the current list doesn't exists * Support for backup to a FTP server * A backup item can now contain multiple files/directories * Incremental backups are now possible on zip files * Fixed a bug when selecting shortcuts * Fixed a bug on the exclude/include dialog box * Some SMTP servers verifies by the sender e-mail {Normally the from address will be the same of the destination e.mail but if the user writes an address as the SenderName, use THIS as the SenderAddress} * The copy procedure has been COMPLETLY rewrited, using streams now * The incremental procedure uses the Archive bit now and not the timestamp of the file * Now you can give the backup items a name * Help file converted to HTML format * The backup list is now executed in a sequencial way and not at the same time on different threads * On the Before-After backup events you can now enter pauses * A new kind of backup (manual) has been introduced * A timer event will NOT start now at time=0 * The select folder dialog allows multiselection now * The installation program uses now a modified version of Inno Setup * An utility to convert backup lists from version 3 and 4 to version 5 has been included * An utility to translate thr ptogram has been included * The setup utility grants now privileges to logon as a service to the user if the program is installed as a service * A bug fixed with zipped files. When zipping a big file (>700 Mb) the zip file would become corrupted sometimes. This has been fixed. 2002-11-26 Version 4.1.9.0 * A bug fixed. The "store absolute paths" option works OK now. * The SMTP password is hidden now on the user interface. 2002-11-15 Version 4.1.8.0 * The day "Wednesday" is now correctly displayed on the grid. * When one or more items on the grid where deleted, the number of files and size were not updated. Fixed. * The grid shows now the number of files and the total size to backup, considering the exclude/include list. 2002-11-06 Version 4.1.7.0 * When calculating the total file sizes, the user interface doesn't lock now. The calculating code runs in another thread now. 2002-11-05 Version 4.1.6.0 * On XP multiple instances cannot be started now with "fast user switch". * Hopefully a bug has been fixed on the service-interface interprocess communication * The "Low priority" option for copy thread has been re-written * The progress bars indicate now when one big file is beeng zipped or copied by changing the caption. This way the user gets the picture that something is going on. 2002-10-30 Version 4.1.5.0 * A REAL command line utility has now been included (cobline.exe). If you want to do a manual backup from the command line, use this program (cobline.exe) and NOT CobBU.exe. The arguments are the name of the list to backup (using quotes if the name contains spaces) and and optional /q to close the program when it executes. Example: cobline.exe "c:\Cobian Backup\MainList.lst" /Q If you don't write a file name, you will be prompted to enter one (don't use quotes this time, if you are prompted by the program). This command line utility creates a separated log file (logline.txt). 2002-10-28 Version 4.1.0.0 * Added a function to "clone" backup items on the list. (right click on any item) * Live update writes now to the log file. A new version is logged as "error" to get your attention * Now it is possible to change the priority of the copying threads. Sometimes when executing several backup threads, the performance of the system will go down. If you don't mind a longer backup time, change the priority to Low. The default value is Normal. * The "Day of the Week" combo box is now a drop down list. 2002-10-15 Version 4.0.0.0 A new major version of Cobian backup if out. * The program engine has been re-written from scratch. * Two new events has been added to every backup : a "Before backup" event and an "After backup". These events are useful if you need to automatically close some program before the backup and open it again after the backup.Please, read the help file for more information about some problems when using this feature as a service. * Every backup item has now it's own unique ID * The program checks now if a file is in use by another program BEFORE it tries to copy it. This way you will no longer get a destination file with 0 bytes in it. * You can now sort the items in the list view by Name, Size, Source, Attributes, Kind or Destination. * The exclude/include list accepts now wildcards (ex: *.doc, cob?.ex?, etc) * The log book's engine is much more robust now * The inter-process communication between the engine and the user interface works MUCH better now. * Two progress bars show now the status of the zipping and copying operations. * The program can now schedule Windows restart-shutdown events. * Better looking user interface * An emergency "Abort backup" function added (experimental) * Multi-language support added for future translations. 2002-07-07 Version 3.9.2.0 * The "information window" has been substituted by a new status bar. * Help file updated 2002-07-07 Version 3.9.1.0 * All the icons in the user interface has been replaced in favor of better looking ones. * The password for zip files and for the user interface are now two separated options * A bug has been fixed when selecting multiple files on a new event * The list view shows now only one field for the attributes: Zip, Overwrite, Incremental and Include subdirectories. * About box style changed to a standard one 2002-06-27 Version 3.9.0.5 * The source code has been cleaned up and optimized a bit more * A new button added to create an empty list 2002-06-26 Version 3.9.0.3 * A new option is available to store the absolute path of the files in the zip * Fixed an intermitent bug when storing the coordinates of the user interface into the ini file 2002-06-26 Version 3.9.0.2 * Some optimizations done * Ini file for the backup progress window is now a separated file * The total number of files and the total size is now correctly calculated * A new item ID has been introduced for future use * A bug has been fixed when adding multiple files at the same time * Some visual changes in the option dialog 2002-06-24 Version 3.9.9.1 * A special way to handle eventual exceptions added to the user interface. 2002-06-19 Version 3.9.0.0 * A new fonster shows the status of all active threads (everything that is going when backing up) * The status bar shows now the total size of the set and the total number of files to backup * A bug fixed (a Quit message was posted to the engine before the exit confirmation) * NO MAJOR UPDATES OF THIS PROGRAM WILL BE DONE. 2002-06-19 Version 3.8.7.6 * Fixed an issue with incremental backups. Newer files could be replaced by older ones. 2002-06-17 Version 3.8.7.5 released * A new button (Delete log file) added. * Now you can set the time when the log file will be mailed. You are no more restricted to 22:00. 2002-05-07 Version 3.8.7.0 * The user interface remerber now the last position and the columns width * Now you can manually backup separate items. There is no need to manually backup all the items at once. * The destination and source edit box can be manually editet by double clicking. 2002-05-02 Version 3.8.6.6 Fixed another problem with date conversions. Hopefully it works now on all systems 2002-04-29 Version 3.8.6.4 Fixed a problem when Windows uses the date format DD-MMM-YYY (ex: 23-DEC-02). 2002-04-24 Version 3.8.6.3 * A bug fixed. When the program tried to copy a file and failed a dialog box was shown. This is now fixed. * The installation program gives a warning if an old version is found on your system 2002-04-24 Version 3.8.6.2 released * Support for Windows XP themes * Uses standard Windows colors now (by request) * Supports drag'n'drop from Windows Explorer * You can now select multiple files from the "Open File" dialog box * The program remember your last destination folder * The zip procedures support now OEM conversion (PKZIP compatible) * Installation program works MUCH better now. * When running as an application, the program supports parameters now. The parameters are: /backupnow -backups the active list /nogui - don't show the user interface filename (no / is allowed. If the file name contains spaces, use ")-loads the list filename Exemple: CobBU.exe "c:\cobian backup\mainlist.lst" /backupnow 2002-04-17 Version 3.8.5.1 released * Incremental backup implemented * Now you can add a mask to exclude/include certain extensions * I don't use CopyFile anymore. I use SHFileOperation to backup files and directories. 2002-03-21 Version 3.7.0.1 released * Live update added * A bug fixed when zipping files * The zipping thread was nearly completly re-writted * A new enhanced ini file is created now for new features * Double click bug fixed in the list view 2002-03-19 Version 3.6.0.2 released * Fixed a nasty bug when backuping a root directory (ex j:\) * A toolbutton to show the log file added to the interface * Borland Delphi 6 is shown in the about box now * A warning is shown when a backup is going on and the user click on Backup Now * Log file information is much clear now * Installation program logics changed . 2002-02-03 Version 3.5.0.1 released * Added an animated icon to the tray interface, indicating when a backup is going on * When trying to quit the program and a backup is going on, a warning will be diplayed 2002-01-28 Version 3.0.0.25 * Fixed Access violation while running in Windows Millenium. * The timer thread could not be terminated while sleeping. When the user try to run multiple instances, itbring the interface to the front and doen't show the old message box "Application already running". * This file "history.txt" was added. 2002-01-18 Version 3.0.0.21 * Button "Backup now" added. Fixed a access violation in Windows Millenium with the SelectDirectory function. * Fixed a bug in the installation program when uninstalling the service ** 2002-01-06 Cobian Backup 3.0 released. ** 2001-09-12 CobBackUp 2.0.0.18 released. Some bugs fixed. ** 2001-08-14 CobBackup 2.0 released ** 2000-11-04 CobBackup 1.0 released |
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