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flashing snall
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Posted: 10th Jan 2008 20:42
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Rg. I have a bad habit of not saving my dbpro projects at night.
When i come back in the morning, sometimes its fine, but sometimes, windows has logged me off of my XP account, and all my work is gone. for example i just came home from school and found that my work on a pong game had been flushed. Does anyone else have this issue?


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Sergey K
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u still can get back your source even if u didnt saved it.
how? its easy.. there is a temp source file that compiler creates over the dbp/compiler folder(if im not wrong). if your project is the last project that COMPILED by dbp, then u can get that source back from there.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 10th Jan 2008 20:56
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And the moral of the story is: save. Why wouldn't you save? What if you've been working for hours without saving and suddenly there's a power cut or something?

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Keo C
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Posted: 10th Jan 2008 20:58
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Always keep a UPS for power cuts.

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Grandma
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Posted: 10th Jan 2008 21:43 Edited at: 10th Jan 2008 21:45
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Yes, why wouldn't you save? I save as often as my physical ability to press the save button permits.

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MonoCoder
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Posted: 10th Jan 2008 22:47
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Wait, what? You leave your computer on all night?

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gbark
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Yeah, I would get into the habit of saving more often, not just when you are done, but many times throughout your coding-session.


As for me, I save everytime I add in a new function/sub, modify something, fix a bug, leave the computer (even if only for two minutes), even before running the program (that way if my game seriously crashes and burns and I have to restart, I can just right pick back up).

In short, if you happen to look up and notice the save button is highlighted since last save, best go ahead and press it. If you're working on a DRASTIC change to your program, it might not hurt to save it as a different name as well so you have two copies.

It never hurts to be a saveaholic.
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Keo C
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Posted: 11th Jan 2008 00:00
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I save when I take a break or pause in typing.

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Digital Awakening
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Posted: 11th Jan 2008 00:01
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Use Codesurge! Not only is it far better then then default editor (mainly because it doesn't suddenly empty your source files) but it also have a feature to save on compile so your files are always automatically saved. I still press CTRL + S and click the save all button constantly out of habit though

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flashing snall
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Posted: 11th Jan 2008 02:41 Edited at: 11th Jan 2008 02:49
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thanks for the response! not saving is just a bad habit. I uselly only save when ive made a major brake through. I want to save more often,, but i just dont remeber.
monocoder, i used to turn it off, but its another bad habit, that isnt really enforced cause i dont pay ta billz.

thanks for the temp tip!

EDIT: sergy K, thank you soooo much. it worked, and now i have my pong game back with the best AI ive ever done. its sad, cause AI for pong isnt really that hard...


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Zappo
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Posted: 11th Jan 2008 02:56
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If its XP Home, whenever an important Windows update comes down it will set a timer and restart automatically after about 5 minutes (unlike XP Pro which will just keep reminding you it needs a reboot).


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David R
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Posted: 11th Jan 2008 11:29 Edited at: 11th Jan 2008 11:30
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Quote: "(unlike XP Pro which will just keep reminding you it needs a reboot)."


Pro does it as well - both Pro and Home show the dialog with restart now/later. If it is up for more than ~4 hours or something, the 5 minute timer starts


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GatorHex
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Posted: 11th Jan 2008 16:13
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Auto Update can be told not to update without your permission. Right click the computer icon and choose properties -> update options

Like other people said the standard DBP editor loses work so install Code Surge!

You don't need a UPS when you have a laptop. It's saved me from brown/blackout many times

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 11th Jan 2008 19:51
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Mine still updates, even if it isn't supposed to. I have found the only way to kill it is to disable the update service.


Since the other one was scaring you guys so much...
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Agent Dink
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Posted: 11th Jan 2008 20:22
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Quote: "Wait, what? You leave your computer on all night?"


Why not?

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MonoCoder
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Well, assuming he leaves it on all night doing nothing, the question is really why?

Of course, if you're actually using it I suppose it's no grand waste. Not that I advocate night-long downloads.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 11th Jan 2008 21:05
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Quote: "Well, assuming he leaves it on all night doing nothing, the question is really why?

Of course, if you're actually using it I suppose it's no grand waste. Not that I advocate night-long downloads."


There's lots of good reasons. Keeps your computer from wear and tear, (shutting off and booting up all the time). Good for P2P users or people running something like that nasa or cancer screen saver.

It allows you to hop on right away in the morning.

But likely the only reason for me is that I don't pay the electric bill, it's included in my rent


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Benjamin
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Posted: 11th Jan 2008 21:19
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Quote: "Keeps your computer from wear and tear, (shutting off and booting up all the time)"

Sleep mode anyone? Besides, any wear and tear will take years to have any kind of effect, by which time you will have saved a lot of money by switching your PC off at night, or will have upgraded your PC anyway.

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Posted: 11th Jan 2008 21:33
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Quote: "Sleep mode anyone? Besides, any wear and tear will take years to have any kind of effect, by which time you will have saved a lot of money by switching your PC off at night, or will have upgraded your PC anyway."


My background apps don't run in sleep mode. Also, I don't pay the electric bill


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Benjamin
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Quote: "My background apps don't run in sleep mode."

So why are you worrying about wear and tear when there's a reason not to shut off your PC anyway?

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bitJericho
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You misread what I said. Keeping your comp *on* reduces wear and tear.


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Benjamin pwns joo all

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Benjamin
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Posted: 11th Jan 2008 21:58 Edited at: 11th Jan 2008 21:59
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I thought you were saying shutting off and booting up increased wear and tear. Thermal stress and all that. [Edit] Wait, I just read your last post wrong.

Quote: "Benjamin pwns joo all"

Random but uh... thanks.

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bitJericho
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Uh, I misread what you said

I was just putting in my points about why I leave my computer running.


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MonoCoder
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Wear and tear will most likely never catch up with you, like Benjamin said, and your screensaver doesn't really warrant leaving the computer on in the environmentally buggered times in which we live. As for your P2P stuff, well, that's down to what you use it for. And even then.

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