ClipBoard Help File

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This is the Help "file" for the Python Application whose main page is: Python Smart Clipboard

Right now this is Junk

Fix comming soon.....


Help file for backup application.


Application Features

  • Highly configurable.
  • GUI shows activity.

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Download and Install

There is really no install program. Currently the application is intended for those who have at least a little familiarity with Python coding and can just insert the downloaded code into their development environment and run it. Code not yet available.


How To:...

Goal

This is how I use the program, you could use it differently:

Put a short Python script in a directory. When this is double clicked start the GUI for the backup program set up to backup the directory to another directory either on the current disk or another disk.


General

  • Edit the parameter file: Use your development environment for Python or a text editor to edit parameters.py. See also: The section below, Configuration Files For Python. I have a button on the GUI for this.
  • Install: see section above.
  • Debug: see section below.
  • Quick Restart of the application: Not in this app, just shutdown and restart.
  • Use your preferred text editor. In the parameter file, see below.

More Info Here

How to Use the Parameter File

See: Configuration Files For Python

Editing of the parameters.py file

    • See above in Download and Install
  • Enable your favorite editor to work with the application.
    • self.ex_editor = r"D:\apps\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" # use r" or the backslashes will not work, or you can use forward slashes instead they may be wrong but they work.
  • Lots of other settings:
    • Read the comments in parameters.py and change as desired. If a setting does not work let me know.
  • If you mess up.
    • Re download and get back to the original parameter file.

The GUI

see: ClipBoard GUI

Debugging

There are several application outputs that may be useful for debugging.

  • Watch the GUI
  • Check the Python console.
  • Look at the python log file ( use the GUI button <Edit Log> ( specify your editor in parameters.py first ) or use your editor on the default name of the log file ...\backup\backup.py_log.

Most issues will probably be missing libraries, parameters.py issues, or just bugs in my code (email me ).

If you are dropping you backup scripts around your disks and double clicking them you may need to tweak your path so python.exe or pythonw.exe is on your path.


Links

  • Click on category page for this project ( ClipBoard ) below.
  • Click on What links here on the left of this page