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-[[welcome|{{:fshome.jpg|}}]]
-====== Backup/Restore Feature ======
-The backup/restore feature allows you to make a backup file of your work in Freestyler in one file. You can use this feature to back up your shows and/or use it to copy your work to other computers easily instead of copying all the data yourself.
-{{:images:backup_backup-files.png?nolink|some backup files}}
-=== What is saved in the backup file ===
-  * Chases/sequences (..\Freestyler\Chases folder)
-  * Cues (..\Freestyler\Cues folder)
-  * [[location_files|Location files]] (..\Freestyler\Location folder)
-  * Fixture files (with matching image, goboes and colours) for fixtures added to the current location (which is in the ..\Freestyler\Fixtures folder
-  * [[freestyler.ini|freestyler.ini file]]
-=== What is NOT saved in the backup file ===
-  * Midi setup
-  * Fixture files which are not added to the current location
-**TIP:** The backup feature copies all content in the chases, cues, and location folder. You can make a subfolder in one of the mentioned folders and add the desired files. For example: make a subfolder "MIDI settings" in the Location folder, and add the the exported midi settings here. Now the files will be included in the backup file.
-**TIP:** If you use different fixtures for each location, you have to open each location in freestyler and make a backup. This is especially important if you have made a change or have created any fixture files for a given location.
-**OBS:** the restore feature will overwrite all the existing files in the Freestyler directory which has the same name as the files in the backup including configurations.
-===== How to use it =====
-You find the backup/restore function in the "File" menu of Freestyler
-{{:images:backup-file_menu.png?nolink|}}
-==== How to make a backup ====
-  * Click on the "Backup" button.
-{{:images:backup-window.png?nolink|}}
-  * Freestyler now asks you where to create the backup file and what it should be named.
-Now Freestyler is creating the backup file.
-{{:images:backup-window2.png?nolink|}}
-==== How to restore from a backup ====
-  * Click on the "restore" button.
-  * Freestyler now asks you to find and select the backup file you want to restore.
-Freestyler restores from the backupfile.
-  * When frestyler has finished the restore from the backup it asks you to restart the program
-{{:images:backup-warning.png?nolink|}}
-When you restart Freestyler it will start in the location you had open when you did the backup.
-[[welcome|{{:fshome.jpg|}}]]