ClipBoard Help File

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This is the Help "file" for the Python Application whose main page is: Python Smart Clipboard

Right now this is Junk

Fix comming soon.....


Help file for backup application.


Application Features

  • Highly configurable.
  • GUI shows activity.

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Download and Install

There is really no install program. Currently the application is intended for those who have at least a little familiarity with Python coding and can just insert the downloaded code into their development environment and run it. Code not yet available.


How To:...

Goal

This is how I use the program, you could use it differently:

Put a short Python script in a directory. When this is double clicked start the GUI for the backup program set up to backup the directory to another directory either on the current disk or another disk.


General

  • Edit the parameter file: Use your development environment for Python or a text editor to edit parameters.py. See also: The section below, Configuration Files For Python. I have a button on the GUI for this.
  • Install: see section above.
  • Debug: see section below.
  • Quick Restart of the application: Not in this app, just shutdown and restart.
  • Use your preferred text editor. In the parameter file, see below.

More Info Here

How to Use the Parameter File

See: Configuration Files For Python

Editing of the parameters.py file

    • See above in Download and Install
  • Enable your favorite editor to work with the application.
    • self.ex_editor = r"D:\apps\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" # use r" or the backslashes will not work, or you can use forward slashes instead; they may be "wrong" in Windowd, but they work.
  • Lots of other settings:
    • Read the comments in parameters.py and change as desired. If a setting does not work let me know.
  • If you mess up.
    • Re download and get back to the original parameter file.

The GUI

see: ClipBoard GUI

Debugging

There are several application outputs that may be useful for debugging.

  • Watch the GUI
  • Check the Python console.
  • Look at the python log file ( use the GUI button <Edit Log> ( specify your editor in parameters.py first ) or use your editor on the default name of the log file, by default: clipboard.py_log.

Most issues will probably be missing libraries, parameters.py issues, or just bugs in my code (email me ).


Links

  • Click on category page for this project ( ClipBoard ) below.
  • Click on What links here on the left of this page