FileBack PC 4.1 Fast & Flexible Backup Software for Microsoft Windows

• Create a schedule to run a backup group: Create a New event trigger, selecting Scheduled Event as the event type.  The Schedule Editor will appear, allowing the schedule to be created.  After clicking OK, click the Add button to add a new action, and select Backup Group as the action type.  Select the groups to run whenever the schedule occurs.
   
• Send a reminder email according to a schedule: Create a New event trigger, selecting Scheduled Event as the event type.  Set the schedule in the Schedule Editor.  Click the Add button, selecting Notifications & Alerts as the action type.  Set the Email properties accordingly.
   
• Run a backup when I insert a particular disk: Click New / Hardware Events / Disk Inserted / Drive Connected to create a new event trigger.  A popup menu will appear under the Change button allowing the disk to be identified by Drive Letter, Disk Volume Label, or by Disk Serial Number.  Select the option most appropriate for your situation, and choose the disk/drive to trigger the event.  Click the Add button to add a new event action, selecting Backup Jobs as the action to perform.  Select the appropriate backup jobs.
   
• Change the schedule of an event: Click the event.  Under Event Properties and Actions / "Scheduled" Event Properties click the Change button to bring up the Schedule Editor.
   
• Perform multiple actions in response to a single trigger: Click the triggering event in the Schedules and Other Triggering Events list, click the Add button and select the appropriate actions.  Repeat as necessary.
   
• Stop a list of actions if errors occur: Click Add to add a new action, select Stop Actions If / Errors Have Occurred.
   
• Change the order in which actions are performed: Drag the actions up and down the Actions to Perform list using the mouse.

Triggering events fall under 5 categories:

Any of the above triggers can be used for an event, whether that particular trigger is somehow related to the actions that are performed or not.  FileBack PC allows complete flexibility in this regard.

When you create a new event, you start by selecting the trigger that initiates the event.  When you click on the New button a popup list showing the available triggering events.  The event will not be created until you select the trigger that initiates it.  If the trigger has configurable properties, these will be shown under Eevnt Properties and Actions / (Type) Event Properties.  In those cases where this configuration requires more information than can be displayed inside of this small area, either a popup menu or popup window will appear allowing those properties to be set.

Once an event has been created, the triggering event cannot be changed.  The configurable properties of it can be, however.  For example, if you initially created a event using a Scheduled trigger, you can't change it to a Low Battery trigger, but you can change the schedule.

Once a triggering event has been selected, you may then add the actions to perform whenever that trigger is initiated.

* Triggers marked with an asterisk are only available under Windows 2000/XP/2003 or newer.
** Works on notebook computers, or desktop computers connected to supported Uninterruptible Power Supplies

Each Event may have any number of actions to perform when the trigger is initiated.  In this way you can create simple scripts of actions to perform in response to any of the triggering events which are available.  The available actions include:

To add an action to an event, click the Add button and select the action type to perform.  If there are any configurable properties for the type of action selected, another window will popup allowing these options to be configured.  You may add any number of actions to perform.  The order in which actions are performed can be changed by dragging and dropping actions within the list.

To change the configurable properties of an action, first click the action in the Actions to Perform list, and then click the Settings button.   To change the order in which the actions are performed, drag the action to move in the list using the mouse.  To remove an action from the list, click the action and click the Remove button.

Actions in a .FBAL file may be imported by clicking Import (not shown above) and selecting the file to import.  The actions within this file will be added to the end of the list.  An action list can be exported to an .FBAL file by clicking the drop-down arrow on the Import button and selecting Export.  This allows action lists to be exchanged or shared with other users or computers easily.