--- In elliecomputing_group@yahoogroups.com, "peteth@..."
<peteth@...> wrote:
>
> This solution sounds exactly what I was looking for.
>
> I've only recently started using ECMerge and in general it can do
all
> the things I need, but I do find knowing how to do them is not
> obvious. It would be great to improve the help by having
screenshots
> explaining what the toolbar buttons do, and some simple examples of
> steps and actions needed to achieve tasks.
>
> The help only seems to have more complex examples.
thank you for your feedback, it seems our "how to" are too light
and "tutorials" too heavy. we'll try to find more examples in
between :)

> For me, I would appreciate some help on the following Use Case :-
>
> - I work from home sometime, so I need to synchronise a number of
> folders to a portable drive
>
> - when I start working at home I would like to do a 'preview'
> synchronize just to check there are no changes on both sides. If
> there isn't I want to request a mirror copy from external drive to
> home Mac
>
> - Then before going to work the next day I want to do exactly the
same
> but going the other direction Mac to External drive.
> etc. etc
the idea to do that would be to setup a folder 2-way merge.
then you can use the Hide identical files option (Folder
comparison/Status Filters/Hide files : All identical check box)
you can base your comparison on file size+dates, so using the
predefined "Check size and date" option in Folder comparison panel
should be OK.
with that, you just have to open/refresh your difference and all the
different files are displayed.
on the remaining items, you can use the Apply merge rules (the macro
to be proposed will do that), selection Mirror left or right, then
select the right target (clicking the glasses changing them into a
small database with yellow arrow).
the bottom view will tell what would be done.

> The preview synchronise is important to me (as Step 1) as
sometimes I
> might have made changes on both sides (home and work) and
> inadvertently forgotten to mirror copy before starting work. So I
> would see them, and need to open up a compare each to perhaps merge
> changes from both sides (or choose which to retain)
finally, you can have the exact list of the actions that we be done
by running the merge (Write results button) and clicking 'Test'.

> Step 2 is then actually running the Mirror Copy. I also need to be
> able to change the direction of the mirror copy.
indeed changing the target and the action could well be done at
once, though you can also specify both sides as targets (which is
logical to make them identical), and select mirror left/right in a
discriminate way using the 'resolve with left/right' buttons.

> If you could explain how to achieve the above with ECMerge as a
step
> by step guide, I would gladly purchase the product.
>
> thanks
> Pete
I realize that I need somewhat lengthy explanation, for 'not that
hard' problem... a few good buttons/help screens could greatly
improve user experience.

>
>
> --- In elliecomputing_group@yahoogroups.com, "elliecomputing"
> <elliecomputing@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > we've been recently asked for an easier way to do mirroring with
> > ECMerge.
> >
> > Currently there are three ways, depending on how you expect to
work:
> >
> > * Select in the folder comparison options/2-way rules,
the "Mirror
> > Left" or "Mirror Right" options, this is useful if you expect to
only do
> > that kind of operation (because that option will be reused next
time)
> > * Use the "Apply merge rules" in Folder Merge mode, and
select
> > "Mirror left" or "Mirror right", it sets the mirror action on the
> > selected items, you can thus check what will be done, before
clicking
> > "Write Results"
> > * Use the generic copy box, selecting the right direction
and then
> > the Mirror action
> >
> > The idea here would be to provide a new button (through
scripting) which
> > would do that:
> >
> > * Propose two menu items: "Mirror left to right" and "Mirror
> right to
> > left"
> > * if the current view is not yet in merge mode, it would
swap it to
> > merge mode
> > * it would use the Apply Merge Rule box underlying action
> > (FolderDocument.resolve)
> > * it would then show a box asking if you want to review
first or
> > apply immediately
> > * if you want to apply immediately, it would run the 'Write
merge
> > results' command (FolderDocument.merge)
> >
> > Any comment?
> > We'll provide that in the next days ;)
> >
> > The Ellié Team
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>