is: Autosave in Flash (Jester) WAS: Re: FLASH: Flash5 wish list

[Frederico]

On 8/5/1999 5:07 PM, John Dowdell via

jdowdellmacromedia [dot] com

, said:


>At 11:12 PM 8/4/99, Chris Jester wrote, in HTML-encrusted email:

>>I have a suggestion, After working on this project for about 5 hours, stupid

>>me forgot to save an now everything is lost. So Macromedia guys out there,

>>how about an auto save feature like Office has? Just a suggestion


On 8/5/1999 5:07 PM, John Dowdell via

jdowdellmacromedia [dot] com

, said:

>Better:

>

>--  Do a "Save" after every minor milestone (5-15 minutes?)

>

>--  Do a "Save As" to another file every major milestone (every hour?)

>

>--  Do a "Save As" to another drive after every day's work


John kinda missed the point here. If the man remembered to save and save 

often, he wouldn't need a lazysave...errr....autosave feature. (;


Anyway, Chris, et al, on the Mac you can get a third-party System-wide 

autosave utility, which allows you to select the applications you do and 

don't want it to work in, and how often to save, etc.


Further, if you employ multiple volumes (or more complicated/less safe if 

on a single),  or a network (slows work, unless on FastEther) you can use 

a simple, OS8.x-built-in AppleScript-FolderSynch-FileSynch routine that 

will automate JD's routine, specific to the clock as you like it.


Finally, for those of you who'd like a PhotoShop-esque history with 

Flash, a slightly more advanced use of AppleScript combined with the 

above can provide you with a successive "history" (a new file with new 

changes every X minutes) throughout the day, though, depending on your 

project size, might consume a tremendous amount of disk space and 

processor overhead (but it will act in background at minimum overhead).


Use of the combined three elements listed above is how we manage to 

*safely* and seamlessly use RAM Disks to drastically accelerate our work 

in PhotoShop, Flash, Freehand, Illustrator, CAD, [3D Whatever], and all 

other disk-intensive applications. Once you have the routine setup 

(10min-1hr, depending on your AS proficiency), it's just a matter of 

assigning the files to it (10 seconds when you create a new project), and 

you don't even have to think about it anymore. Just enjoy multiple 

backups of your files, whether you're crashing and losing work (you 

shouldn't be, but it does happen in very rare instances), or you'd like 

to revert/refer to an early version for whatever reason.


HTH


Frederico


"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from 

magic."--Arthur C. Clarke 


Think AltiVec



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