syncing excel 2007...

[pm_sam]

hi all community members...

I have excel 2007 and sync all my
office 2007 files to a online backup.

unfortunately for excel this is not done
I have to restart my computer
(windows ultimate) for it to be synced
(the company is ‘humyo’ which I think is
one of the best...)

I phoned them up and was told I must
have ‘some sort of lock’ on these
workbooks.

I have been through the settings and thought
it was privacy/personal information
but am lost.

can someone please help and I look
forward to a reply.

very much appreciated.

Paul.

 

[Chip Pearson]

I can't think of anything that is "some sort of lock" that would
prevent your backup from handling Excel files. Does the backup work
for other files in a folder where an unbacked up Excel file resides?
As far as the backup is concerned, there is no difference between file
types -- all files are treated as just a big stream of bytes. Do you
have the file open when the back up is performed?

I use Carbonite for offsite backups and I have never had any problems
related in any to Excel (no problems for any files, really).

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP 1998 - 2010
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
[email on web site]

 

[pm_sam]

hi Chip Pearson

sorry for the delay to my response.

yes, it seems to sync now, that I
updated the software (humyo).

....but have to close Excel for it to
sync...

better than nothing.

thanks for your input and advice.

Best.

Paul.

 

[Mark Harwood]

Hi Paul,

I'm part of the UI Team over at humyo.com. The problem that you are
describing is caused by Excel locking the file while it's being used,
this is done to prevent any other application making changes to the
file while you have it open. As soon as you close the file humyo will
instantly start syncing the file online.

Our Development Team do plan to improve this in the future by
implementing "shadow copying" functionality which would get around the
file lock, how ever I'm not currently aware of any time scales for
this feature.

You would be best getting in touch with out support team or
subscribing to the SmartDrive change log to be notified of any future
improvements.

The changelog for the Windows version of SmartDrive can be found here
- http://blog.humyo.com/category/changelog/win/

 

[pm_sam]

hi Mark Harwood

thanks for that info.

Appreciated.

Best.

Paul.