[Box Backup-dev] dll's

[Roy]

Peter Jalajas, GigaLock Backup Services wrote:
> For the record, for what's it's worth, I've built a simple installer
> for Box Backup for Windows using InstallJammer.  It installs the files
> in the directory selected at install time, installs the service, and
> prompts for backup locations and exclusions and creates a
> bbackupd.conf.  It also creates a stack of buttons under the Start,
> All Programs menu system that launch various box backup common
> functions, like opening notepad to edit the .conf file, starting the
> service, stop the service, reload config, output query listings to
> text files, etc.  That stack of buttons is getting kind of large, so I
> got to thinking about replacing all those buttons with a GUI.
>
> Knowing that Boxi is out there, but while having lots of potential, it
> has a funky widget thing that I could never figure out, and requires
> Chris' time which is being spent so well on core code development that
> I hate to have him distracted.
>
> I thought a Java GUI might be fairly simple way to creat a GUI around
> the box backup commands.  (I tried playing around Eclipse and NetBeans
> this week, and NetBeans looks far better.)
>
> What do you all think about building a Java GUI interface?
>
> Thanks,
> Pete
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Hi Pete,

Sorry for the late reply, but I only just recieved this message.

Did you already started on this Java GUI? Or did you abandon this idea? 
Because a gui would be very handy in restoring files from the backup.

Gr,
Roy
> On 2/14/08, Roy <boxbackup@hostingbrothers.nl> wrote:
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>> Hello guys,
>>
>>  Is it possible to put the logic of box backup in dll's for the windows
>>  platform? That way it can be used by other programs as well, especially
>>  a GUI for box backup. And with updates of box backup, you don't have to
>>  track those fixes to put back in the code for a GUI.
>>  We really need a GUI for easy restoring of files on the windows
>>  platform, but at the moment you would have to duplicate the code for that.
>>
>>  Thanks in advance,
>>
>>  Roy
>>
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