SyncDiscs user guide

Multitasking and the progress window


Multitasking and the progress window

If SyncDiscs is configured for multitasking operation, then when either 'Start' or 'Compare' is clicked, the main SyncDiscs window will close, and a progress window will open instead. This is shown below.

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The progress window shows the primary directory being copied, the operation being carried out, and the object being operated on. This will continuously update as the synchronisation or compare continues so you can convince yourself that things are happening. Note that the display will update only once a second when scanning through files, but will update immediately when files are being copied, etc.

If the top right icon (maximise/reduce) is clicked, then the progress window expands downwards. Below the fields described above, are two new fields. These show the number of filer actions in progress and the number of jobs waiting in the job queue. These fields update in real time.

At the bottom of the extended window are three action buttons.

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Pause  –  Clicking Pause will cause SyncDiscs to stop the processing and 'mark time'. The Pause button legend will change to 'Continue'. Pressing this will cause SyncDiscs to recommence processing files from the point it paused, and the continue button will change back into Pause.

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Stop  –  Clicking Stop will terminate the active synchronisation or compare process as soon as possible and all processing will stop. If there are more jobs remaining in the queue, a dialogue will be raised asking whether the remaining jobs should be skipped or not.

Note that any Filer_Actions which have already started when either pause or stop are clicked will continue to completion, but obviously no more will be started.

If it is necessary to stop the current filer-actions, then they can be stopped by going in to the Task Manager (click SELECT on the right hand icon of the iconbar) and click Menu over each filer-action and choose Quit. Quiting in this way may leave files or directories only partially copied. Partially copied files will probably be left with the data file type and are best deleted.

The close button closes the progress window, as does the close icon in the title bar.

If the progress window has been closed during a synchronization process, it can be reopened by clicking on the SyncDiscs iconbar icon with the left (SELECT) mouse button. If the progress window is open, then a left click on the iconbar icon will open the main control window. This allows a new job to be added to the queue before the running job has completed.

When the SyncDiscs process has completed, then clicking on the iconbar icon will open the main window again, closing the progress window at the same time. An alternative is to close the progress window with ADJUST, when the main window will be automatically reopened.


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This document last modified on 2nd November 2020

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