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SAVECOPY.ZIP (v1.03;
05/14/05; 18,035 bytes)
Compatible
with WordPerfect 9,10,11,12,X3
Written in WordPerfect version
9.0.0.883, but may also work in earlier versions and most later
versions, except in one build of WP, noted below.
Downloading,
Documentation, Modifications, and Support
 NOTE: This macro does
NOT work in WP11.0.0.233 (the first release of WP11). But it works in Wp11/sp1 and later versions
(i.e., 11.0.0.300/305). There are Corel-caused problems with
macros played in the first release of WP11 (see the top of the
Library page for more).
See also MULTISAV,
which contains macros that (1) save your document with sequential
filenames or (2) save it whenever you enter a hard return. |
This macro offers a way to save
your currently opened file and simultaneously make an archive
copy of it on another hard drive (or floppy or Zip drive) using
either the same relative directory (folder) name or a user-specified
directory.
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Important
Before playing this macro you
must insert your preferred alternate drive's letter in the redlined
User Modification
Area at the beginning of
the macro's code.
Macros are just a special type
of WordPerfect document (a macro's filename ends with .wcm).
They contain commands that WordPerfect should carry out. Just
open the document like any other and read the comments and instructions
at the top. See the "Downloading, Documentation, Modifications,
and Support" link in the left column on this page.
This modification will tell the
macro which drive to use to store the copy of your current
file. The default is Drive D:, but you can set it to any existing
drive that has a permanently assigned drive letter. The other
settings in the Modification Area are optional, but you may want
to examine them to see if any are useful to you.
After you have made the above
modification(s), play the macro instead of using File, Save.
You may want to assign the
macro to a keystroke combination, toolbar button, or menu item.
(Also see the Tip at the bottom of this page.)
You use this macro solely at
your own risk. While it has been tested thoroughly by the author
on his version of WordPerfect, it may not work with every software
or hardware set up. You are advised to make backups of any important
files before using it and to test it on your own system(s) to
assure yourself that it will reliably meet your needs. See the
full Disclaimer at the bottom of this
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OVERVIEW
The macro saves the current file,
then immediately makes a copy of it in one of three user-specified
locations -
(1) the root directory of
the alternate (target) drive (e.g., a:\ or d:\);
or
(2) a specific folder on the
target drive named by the user (e.g., ..\Special Projects); or
(3) the same relative directory
path and folder as found on the original (source) drive.
The third method is the default
setting in the macro's code.
This should make it easier to find archived files on large drives
with lots of files since they will have the same relative path
and name on both drives (unless you move them later!).
For example: If you use the third
method, a source file in
C:\Documents and Settings\Barry\My Documents\Clients\
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will be saved and immediately copied to -
D:\Documents and Settings\Barry\My
Documents\Clients\
if
the D: drive has been specified at the top of the macro's code.
However, when you copy to a floppy
disk you may want to use method (1) or (2) by adjusting the settings
in the User Modification Area. [You can always make multiple
copies of this macro for different purposes, and assign each
to a different toolbar button, keystroke, or menu item.]
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Caution
It is not advisable to make all
backups to the same "backup" folder on another
hard drive, since this could allow one or more files with the
same name being backed up into this folder, accidentally overwriting
earlier (but probably different) files. Therefore, use methods
(1) and (2) above with caution. (These two methods are probably
more appropriate for use with removable drive, where you know
you will be removing the media before going on to another task;
or where a specially modified and differently named copy of SaveCopy
is used for a given project; or where the macro has been modified
in the User
Modification Area to always
prompt you before overwriting a backup.)
Method (3) uses the same relative
path as the original, a technique used by some third-party backup
software programs. The backups will then overwrite the files
they are supposed to overwrite. This method is the default method
used by the macro.
Also note that this macro makes
a (rudimentary) check of the target drive to see if it is a floppy
drive (it simply looks for "a:\" in the drive name),
and if it appears to be a floppy, it uses a prompted CopyFile
command to help ensure nothing is inadvertently overwritten,
as well as to warn the user if the floppy disk is full. For all
other drive letters (b-z), the CopyFile function is not prompted
by default (this can be changed in the macro's User Modification Area), on the assumption that you are copying to a
backup (or archive) drive and always want to overwrite any existing
file of the same name found in the same relative directory on
the target drive. |
Starting with v1.03, if you attempt
to use SaveCopy to save a macro while editing it, SaveCopy
will detect the ".WCM" filename extension and pop a
message to alert you that this cannot be done. SaveCopy is intended
to make copies of ordinary WordPerfect document (.WPD, .WPT)
files.
OPERATION
If you are working on the file
named C:\My
Documents\Client1\Project.ltr,
and you play the macro, it will save the Project.ltr
file on drive C in the appropriate sub-directory (i.e., folder)
-- that is, the same location as if you had used File, Save.
Then it immediately makes a copy named D:\My Documents\Client1\Project.ltr, where D: is your (user-specified) alternate
drive.
If you play the macro using the
default optional settings, and if there is no My Documents\Client1\ directory on the alternate drive (in the above
example, Drive D) the macro will create a directory (folder)
of the same name and then make the copy. As mentioned above,
you can set options to have the macro make the copy in the root
directory of the target drive (e.g., copying to a floppy), or
in a special user-named folder on the target drive. But use these
latter methods with caution.
As you might expect, if the file
you are working on has not yet been saved or is read-only, a
"Save As" dialog will pop up to allow you to give it
a name and select the directory where the original file should
be stored; then the macro will make an immediate copy on the
designated alternate drive.
TIPS
- You may want to make this macro
part of a "double-keystroke" macro, such as the author's
HRt+Save.wcm (part of MULTISAV.ZIP).
In the HR+Save macro, you could replace the command FileSave with MacroFilePlay("Save+Copy.wcm"). Then, when you assign the HRt+Save
macro to the backslash key (as explained in a comment inside
the HRt+Save macro), a double press of the backslash key would
enter a hard return, then play Save+Copy.wcm to save and copy
the current file. (When you assign HRt+Save to the backslash
key, a single press of the backslash key will enter a backslash
character, as usual. Assuming you implement this Tip, pressing
the backslash twice in succession would insert a hard return,
remove any backslashes entered at that point, and then play the
Save+Copy macro.)
- If you often save to a floppy
disk, you might be interested in the Corel shipping macro,
SAVETOA.WCM. Note, however, that this can be problematic
unless you save to a hard disk first. See "Never
save your work to a floppy disk first before saving it to your
hard drive. Never save your work only on a floppy disk: they
are more fragile than a hard drive."
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