4.13.9. Synchronization
This topic will describe the "Sync" section of 7 Sticky Notes options, which can be seen at the picture below. At this page, and you can perform sync configurations, such as: change the folder for the notes' embedded attachments, setup the automatic database backup configurations, and perform backup or restore for the database.



1. Attachments Folder - Defines the folder where all the embedded attachments (files and folders) of the notes will be stored. When you change this folder, 7 Sticky Notes will automatically copy all attachments to the new folder and then update this new location for each note. If, and only if, the copy and update operations are complete with all attachments successfully moved to the new attachments folder, without any errors, and the source and destination files/folders sizes are the same, 7 Sticky Notes deletes the files from the old folder. These extra verifications were implemented to avoid any file or folder to be lost. You cannot change this path if you also modified the database path. To know more about the attachments feature of 7 Sticky Notes, visit the Attaching Files/Foler topic.

2. "Enable Automatic Database Backup" - Enables the automatic database backup feature of 7 Sticky Notes, allowing you to keep safe backups of the database in case you want. If this option is enabled, 7 Sticky Notes will automatically backup the main database at the selected folder according to the recurrence set up below, and will control the number of backup files according to the maximum specified number.

Note that is you are using additional databases (configured at the Databases Section), but don't have the option #6 showed below enabled, even if you are connected to an additional database, the auto-backup will still backup the primary database.

3. Backup Folder - Specifies the path of the folder where 7 Sticky Notes will store the database backup files.

4. "Maximum number of stored backup files inside the folder" - This option is used to limit the number of database files and helps to control the size of the backup folder. In this example, the maximum number of files is 10, so once the there are 10 backup files inside the folder, 7 Sticky Notes will delete the oldest one (FIFO), so there can be room for the new backup.

5. Backup Recurrence - Advanced configuration for the backup dates and times. You can configure the automatic backup to happen (1) at every time or after a period (seconds, minutes or hours) 7 Sticky Notes starts, (2) before 7 Sticky Notes exits, (3) daily at a defined time, (4) weekly at a specific hour, minute, and second of selected days of the week (Monday-Sunday), (5) monthly at a specified day, hour, minute, and second, or (6) at customizable period of time which can be configured in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months.

6. "Auto backup also all additional databases - When enabled, also makes an automatic backup, using the above rules, of the additional 7 Sticky Notes databases, which can be configured at the Databases Section that are going to be explained next.

7. Database Drop Pad - The Database Drop Pad is a quick way to performing a restore from a database. It works by allowing you to drop any .mdb file into the Drop Pad, and it will be used for a restore as you selected it from the "Restore Button".

8. Restore Button - When you click the restore button and point to the origin database, 7 Sticky Notes will restore all your notes from the selected database file, overwriting the current database. This is specially interesting when restoring backup databases, but must be used with care, since the action cannot be rolled back.

9. Backup Button - Creates a backup of the currect database at a user-defined folder.