Abakt - Manual
Describes the latest test release.
This is a local copy of the website.
For recent information visit:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~edienske/abakt/
Preferences

Description of Abakt's global preferences.

On Startup
Use This Profile

Select the Profile to show on startup.

Restore File Associations

Instructs Abakt to create file associations for *.abp and *.abg files.
If you (double-)click any of these files in Windows Explorer, Abakt will start, and open the selected file.

Uninstalling Abakt will remove all file associations from the registry.
Application
Data Directory

This is the directory where your data (Profiles, Groups. etc.) will be saved.
If you modify this directory the following subdirectories will be created automaticaly: Filters, Groups and Profiles.
No files will be copied when you change this directory, you will have to do that yourself.

Show Description Boxes

Turn this off if you do not need them.

Show Path Information in Recent Files menus

If enabled, the full path of every Profile (.abp) or a Group (.abg) in the Recent Files list will be shown.

Number of visible items in Recent Files menus.

Set the number of visible files on Profile's and Group's menu 'File | Recent Files'.

Language

Change the language Abakt uses. Abakt needs to restart for changes to take effect.
See Translation Status for an overview of the available languages.
Read How to translate Abakt if you want to help translating.

Preferences File

Displays the location of Abakt's global Preferences File: 'Abakt.ini'.

Action
Default Destination Directory

Used for new (Untitled) Profiles.

Temporary Directory

Specifies the directory where Abakt will save temporary files containing the list of files that should be in/excluded.
This is also the directory that ZipForge uses while updating and testing backups.
If empty, the system's default temporary directory will be used.

7-Zip Executable

Set the path to 7z.exe. Get 7-Zip from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/

Confirm 'File Operation | Delete'

Not used when Abakt was started using command line parameters.

Logging
Modify these settings to specify which information is shown on the Log panel while performing an Action.
Detailed 'Building File Lists'

For every file: show if it is included or excluded.
Checking this option will slow down the Action.

Detailed Filter Information

Show why a file is included or excluded.
Applies to Action and the 'Filter Information' column on page Source/Files.
Not used during Action when 'Detailed Building File Lists' is unchecked.

Detailed File Progress

Show complete file progress during Action execution.
If unchecked, only the failures are reported.
Checking this option will slow down the Action.

Save Action Log

Check this if you want to automatically save the information (selected above) to a log-file (below).
The log-file '[ProfileName].log' will be saved in the Action Log Directory.

Action Log Directory

Set the directory Log files will be saved to.

Advanced
Remove Non-Existing Source Directories

Enable this to remove non-existing Source Directories from a Profile when it is opened,
and from the directory tree on page Source.

Use New UI BrowseForFolder

Disable this if you prefer the old-style BrowseForFolder windows, or if you are experiencing problems.

Include Empty Directories

Enabling this will include empty directories during Action execution.
Only applies to Action Type 'Zip' at this time.
Does not work with Split Zip Archives.

TODO: '7-Zip', 'Copy' and 'Move'.
TODO: Decide if this will be a per-Profile setting, instead of a global setting.

Create Temporary Copy if Zip Archive exists

Applies to Zip Method 'Replace'.
Disable this if you do not have much free space on the destination disk.
If the backup fails, you will lose your original copy, so be careful.

TODO: Decide if this will be a per-Profile setting, instead of a global setting.