OrdoVBPArchiver : a tool for backing up your Visual Basic sources

OrdoVBPArchiver is a Visual Basic 6 source backup utility, initially developed for internal use within our company.

Once the project's VBP is selected, OrdoVBPArchiver finds all the project's constituent files and compresses them into a Zip file. The VBP is then rewritten so that the saved project can be directly loaded into the Visual Basic 6.0 IDE.

Project files are compressed while respecting the folder structure of the source directory. Files external to the source folder are brought into a subfolder named 'FileNotInRootPath'.
Everything is compressed into a Zip file named according to the following convention :

ProjectName.major.minor.revision.yyyymmddhhnnss.zip
where yyyymmddhhnnss represents the date and time the backup started.

While OrdoVBPArchiver can archive a single project, OrdoVBPArchiver can also, with a single click, archive a user-defined group of projects, ensuring the backup of complex solutions developed in VB6.
Indeed, the most complex software generally comprises a main project and often numerous satellite projects (configuration tools, function DLLs, ActiveX components...).
This makes it easy to back up all the sources of a solution, providing an instant "snapshot" !
Comparing two 'snapshots' from different dates, looking for code changes, with an open source program like WinMerge, for example, becomes extremely easy.

OrdoVBPArchiver is freeware that can be downloaded from https://freeware.ordoconcept.net/OrdoVBPArchiver.php

I'll give it a go when time permits. It might be useful.

Free but not fully open, hmmmm, perhaps later you might think about releasing the tool with the commercial elements redacted?

This is one step above "archiving" into separate folders "Copy of Project", "Copy (2) of Project" and finally "Copy (2) of Project Latest Fix" . . .

Of course it's much better to use a real source control system like git if you can afford it.

cheers,
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