///<summary>This is a wrapper method for MiscData.MakeABackup() that will show a progress window so that the user can see progress.
///Set isSilent to true to suppress the failure message boxes. However, the progress window will always be shown.
///Returns false if making a backup failed.</summary>
public static bool MakeABackup(bool isSilent, BackupLocation backupLocation, bool isSecurityLogged = true)
{
if (DataConnection.DBtype == DatabaseType.Oracle)
{
return(false); //Because MiscData.MakeABackup() is not yet Oracle compatible.
}
#if DEBUG
switch (MessageBox.Show("Would you like to make a backup of the DB?", "DEBUG ONLY", MessageBoxButtons.YesNoCancel))
{
case DialogResult.Cancel:
return(false);
case DialogResult.No:
return(true);
case DialogResult.Yes:
default:
//do nothing, make backup like usual.
break;
}
#endif
//Create a thread that will show a window and then stay open until the closing action is called.
Action actionCloseBackupProgress = ODProgressOld.ShowProgressStatus("BackupProgress", null);
try {
MiscData.MakeABackup();
actionCloseBackupProgress(); //Close the progress window.
}
catch (Exception ex) { //MiscData.MakeABackup() could have thrown an exception.
actionCloseBackupProgress(); //Close the progress window.
//Show the user that something what went wrong when not in silent mode.
if (!isSilent)
{
if (ex.Message != "")
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
//Reusing translation in ClassConvertDatabase, since it is most likely the only place a translation would have been performed previously.
MsgBox.Show("ClassConvertDatabase", "Backup failed. Your database has not been altered.");
}
return(false);
}
if (isSecurityLogged && PrefC.GetStringNoCache(PrefName.UpdateStreamLinePassword) != "abracadabra")
{
SecurityLogs.MakeLogEntryNoCache(Permissions.Backup, 0, Lan.g("Backups", "A backup was created when running the") + " " + backupLocation.ToString());
}
return(true);
}