---------------------- v2.10.0 Beta ---------------------- List of extensions against Resco Backup v2.01. FTP --- In short, the users can exchange the backup sets with selected FTP server. This can be done either manually or as part of the scheduled backup. Free DriveHQ.com accounts Every user can make use of a free FTP account at the FTP hosting service www.DriveHQ.com. This account includes 1GB storage and 1 GB download/month and can be used with Resco Explorer or desktop ftp clients. Secure FTP login SSL login is supported. (Means your user name and login are transferred via safe lines.) RscBackup always attempts secure login and if it is not supported, the standard plaintext login follows. You can disallow fallback plaintext login in the FTP setup dialog. Condition for using secure login: - Your FTP server must have this ability. (Ask if it supports AUTH command with the parameter 'TLS'.) - Your handheld must support SSL transfer. (In other words https links in Blazer.) FTP features: - Minimized data traffic: FTP upload transfers only changed files - Robustness: RscBackup reliably recognizes transfer failures - The user is notified about the scheduler FTP failure FTP sets dialog: Displays both local and remote backup sets as indicated by the icons. Each row represents a backup set that is either local, remote or both - i.e. local set copied to FTP. The dialog allows for upload/download, but also for: - Diff (fast check against a backup set description file) - Update (Copies only the modified files) AES encryption -------------- RscBackup Pro supports (besides zip encryption) also strong 128-bit AES encryption. The user has the choice to select the encryption type. Whatever decision is taken, the result is always a zip archive. Safety AES (the Advanced Encryption Standard) is an encryption standard by the U.S. government that replaced former DES standard since 2002. There are no known successful attacks as of this date. Compatibility: AES implementation is WinZip compatible. This means the zip archives forming a backup set can be opened in WinZip. (After you copy them to a PC, of course.) Settings: To switch on the encryption - setup the password in the Project setup. Further encryption-related settings are accessible from Project setup Advanced settings: - 'Strong encryption (AES)' specifies encryption type: zip- or AES-encryption. - 'Encrypt known files': Public data (e.g. applications downloadable from the web) need not be encrypted. It is faster so and even safer. - Full compatibility requires switching on Crc computation. AES processing brings speed penalty: Typical backup will slow down by 50% (if known files are not encrypted) and impact on the Verify procedure is even larger. Other changes ------------- (These changes will be ported also to the standard Resco Backup.) Backup sets dialog: - Modified design (less used features are under the combo box Actions) - Possibility to assign icons and notes - First line of the notes - when nonempty - is displayed in place of the date - Backup set error state (e.g. interrupted due to card problem or crash) is marked by color - A backup set can be pinned. This means the backup set is taken out from the scheduler update mechanism (scheduler performs cyclic update of a given number of backup sets), i.e. such backup set can be updated only manually. Other news - DateBK plugin - Scheduler: Disallow if battery is weak (set the threshold in the scheduler options) - Partial restore starts with all files unselected - Restore preserves original DB dates ---------------------- v2.10.1 Beta ---------------------- FTP - improved log - Possibility to view the log via main menu - Specification of the remote root folder possible - Scheduler skips FTP (if set) for special backups (triggered by Hotsync, PowerOff or AppExit) - New Scheduler Dialog option: Disallow Ftp if not charging (user request) Main screen: - Status icon (ok/error) for the last backup set. (Tap the icon to get the status report.) - Unintended button presses eliminated. Could happen e.g. with multiple taps on the progress Abort button. (The reaction time of the Abort button is longer, so that the first tap would be interpreted as Abort press, while the 2nd tap would actually press Backup button on the main screen.) Other news: - Diff dialog allows for the deletion of RAM databases that are not present in the backup set. Handy feature when you want to clean newly installed app(s). - Device migration (cross-device restore): The Restore dialog offers (besides full/partial restore) 3rd way - Device Migration. This is basically the partial restore with special filters allowing to unselect system-dependent files etc. - Allowed backup to NVFS drives - with appropriate warning because of loosing backup sets on hard reset. Allows for example backups while using WiFi card. ---------------------- v2.11 ---------------------- - Automatic FTP upload is not attempted after user cancel in previous backup. - Diff dialog: Delete of RAM-only databases implies also delete of the preferences belonging to the deleted applications. - Fixes and improvements in the Device Migration (in Restore). *** v2.11.1 | Sep 07, 2007 >A bug fix in the creation of predefined projects. *** v2.11.2 | Sep 08, 2007 A bug fix: When reading zip-encrypted backup sets, the encryption type could be (a random effect) considered as AES resulting in a read failure or even in a crash. *** v2.11.3 | Sep 13, 2007 A bug fix in FTP: a) Copy retries did not work properly b) If remote root folder was set in the FTP setup dialog, then for certain combinations (namely "/Palm") aborting FTP upload would result in a loss of FTP data and a crash. FTP news: Remote root folder is created if needed. Failure to do so is considered as a hard error. *** v2.11.4 | Sep 17, 2007 Safer FTP upload - more errors are detected. (So far it was possible that a timeout error at the very end of a copied file went undetected.) Added warning if the FTP remote root starts with "/Palm". *** v2.11.5 | Sep 17, 2007 Real manual update: Upload functionality in the FTP Backup Sets dialog chaged: If the selected backup set was not uploaded yet and at least one remote backup set exists, the user is offered a choice to perform full upload or an update of an existing backup set. *** v2.11.6 | Sep 18, 2007 Scheduled FTP upload: - Bug fix: Crash when the wait icon was to be displayed - Better interpretation of the error codes. (The old version interpreted connect errors as "Aborted".) ---------------------- v2.12 - Sep 26, 2007 ---------------------- FTP Setup dialog > Advanced: Secure login has 3 modes: If Available, Always, Never Fix in the login to DriveHQ: The last DHQ upgrade (Sep 26) caused FTP login failure. *** v2.12.1 | Oct 01, 2007 Secure connection to DriveHQ works. ---------------------- v2.20 - Oct 24, 2007 ---------------------- Preferences Editor - Accessible from Restore > Action menu - Performs Diff of the Saved Preferences in selected backup set against the RAM - Identifies differences, missing records etc. - Allows copy/delete of individual prefs records Global scheduler log: If you use multiple projects, then the menu option Scheduler Log offers the preview of the most recent logs for all projects. Longer comments visible in the Backup Sets dialog Scheduled backup: Battery level is not checked if the device is plugged in. Number of other fixes/improvements v2.20.1 Bug fix: Occasional crashes in pinning backup sets v2.20.3 Change in the registration for the compatibility reasons with Resco Suite ---------------------- v2.21 ---------------------- Centro: Prevention of the conflicts between scheduled backup and a phone call Improved treatment for: - card swapping - password change ---------------------- v2.22 ---------------------- Scheduler fix (better resolution of the phone conflicts) ---------------------- v2.23 ---------------------- Solution to disappearing card after reset? Thanks to Dmitry Grinberg who notified us about a Palm OS problem causing this effect. (http://news.palmos.com/read/messages?id=219838) Fix for the Hotsync installation. (DE, ES versions only)