how to recover a previous version of a report from backup?

[alfatrading]

Today I was fine tuning a report of mine.. As usually happens, after last edit, save, publish (it is a webapp, but since report are on the desktop control panel I posted it here) and run I noticed I completely lost footer (two text boxes, of which one dinamically populated, plus a pair of fields.
With reference to the attached image
backups.jpg
1. you can see the report i need back: Rep_RichiestaBrevetto
2. In the project folder there is not any filename with rep_richiesta*.* name
3. in the <projectfolder>\backup\sets\<nameofmyset>\Report\ there's a list of zip files,
4. ..each one containing Rep_RichiesteBrevetto.a5bak

BUT no other instance of Rep_RichiesteBrevetto.* in the computer folders

I tried to extract the a5bak file from the 15th zip file, looked inside with a text editor and verified it contains my lost section. But don't know where to put it for substituting the current, incomplete report

5. Also have a lot of previous backup onto a dropbox folder, should it be of any help

[Stan Mathews]

Re: how to recover a previous version of a report from backup?

Right click on the report name in the control panel. If a prior version is available the last item in the right click menu will be Restore Prior Version.

[alfatrading]

Re: how to recover a previous version of a report from backup?

Great! Thank you very much.
As you see I lost a lot of time editing and attaching my post with all data I have..
Should I knew you already answered...
Got my previous version back..

Only for my curiosity, where is this report stored? Into some kind of AEX file?
Should I want to publish a new version of such a report, how do I have to proceed? Until now I republished "all files"
Thank you again

[Stan Mathews]

Re: how to recover a previous version of a report from backup?

Only for my curiosity, where is this report stored?

path to your database \backup\Tables\tablename_upon_which_report_is_based\Report\
or
path to your database \backup\Sets\setname_upon_which_report_is_based\Report\

[alfatrading]

Re: how to recover a previous version of a report from backup?

That's the backup. And there are only zip files with my report inside. nothing with that name outside.

I meant the actual report.. because I can't se any Rep_RichiestaBrevetto.<anything> anywhere (that's the name of my actual report)

[Stan Mathews]

Re: how to recover a previous version of a report from backup?

Reports aren't stored as separate files. Nor are any other layouts. See the documentation for Alpha Five File Types.

Data Dictionary
.DDD
The table's data dictionary, which contains lists of additional table objects such as Layouts (forms, browses, etc.), report designs, saved operations, field rules, and field names longer than 10 characters.
Dictionary Methods, Reading From and Writing To the Data Dictionary

.DDM
Stores additional table objects such as Layouts (forms, browses, etc.), report designs, and saved operations in memo format.

.DDX
Contains the dictionary's index(es). Alpha Five uses the .ddx to find a specific form name or field rule or whatever is needed.

.DBP
Contains the definition for an active-link table? or mapped table.

[GGandhi]

Re: how to recover a previous version of a report from backup?

That's the backup. And there are only zip files with my report inside. nothing with that name outside.

I meant the actual report.. because I can't se any Rep_RichiestaBrevetto.<anything> anywhere (that's the name of my actual report)

the older versions are stored as zipfiles and alpha unzips them when you want to revert to older version.
to see the location and to actually see the zipped file of your report:

look into the place of your workspace/database/backup/library/database/report.
to get there easily
right click on a report, select the last item on the pop up dialog- restore to prior version
then another dialog will pop up with all the prior versions. on that dialog look at the bottom there is a blue link that says open in the folder or something - click on that.
the folder i mentioned above will materialize.
and you will see your report listed as a zip file.