it usually takes me quite a while to prepare my Gridviews. I have discovered a neat trick for backing up my Gridviews when I do my daily accounting data backup.

I save the Gridview file as FileName.gv.bio to the accounting data folder.

Then when I "Backup-Complete Dataset" in my GL the gridviews are included in the backups.

If you want to open the files from the File-Open, you must remember to look at "all files". (The default is .gv)

That is not a recommended approach, in my opinion (although quite creative). The downside is that you can only include in Workspaces views that have an extension of .gv.

Why not just write a batch file that backs up your .gv* files and create a shortcut on your desktop that launches the batch file?

Hi Bal,

If you name your General Ledger Views GL*.gv, then they will be backed up whenever you backup your general ledger files.

Does the Softrak backup pick up on the initial leeters of the filename ("GL", "AP", "AR") or the extension (.bio)?

Thanks.

Hi bal,

If you backup the module you are working in (or related modules), then the first letter wildcard is used (GL*.dat). If you back up all modules, then all files matching the extension are chosen (*.dat).