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JetBackup Release Notes

Version 1.2.3

	New View menu allows to set the appearance of the backup job list.
	When editing a job label in the icon view without changing the label, the job name would be deleted.
	The size of the edit job dialog has been increased.

	JetBackup could not be used by users other than the user that installed the software.
	For full backups, an existing backup file was deleted, regardless of the accessibility of the source directory. Now, the accessibility of a directory is checked before deleting a previous backup.

The compression level was lost after restarting JetBackup. This has been fixed.

	Processing of the options 'Exclude hidden files' and 'Exclude hidden directories' fixed.
	UNC paths can now be used as archive folders.
	Backup thread priority can be set on the Advanced Options page.

When opening the About dialog during a backup an error message was displayed.

	Some settings were not properly initialized when creating a new backup job.
	A new option 'Create an individual ZIP file for each subdirectory' was added to the 'Advanced Options' tab. This option allows the files of each directory in the directory structure to be stored in a separate ZIP archive.
	A new option 'Don't create empty ZIP files' was added to the 'Advanced Options' tab. This options prevents the creation of ZIP files with no files inside.

Under certain conditions, the scheduler didn't work correctly.

	Filters did not work properly when there was more than one dot in the file or directory name.
	When a backup was running, editing another backup job would display an error message.
	Hidden directories were not backed up. It is now possible to define what to do with hidden directories and files. By default they are included in the backup.
	The '?' menu was renamed to 'Help'.
	The 'Backup Job' menu was renamed to 'File'.
	The menu item 'Cancel Backup' was added to the File menu, the context menu and the tool bar. It allows to cancel a running backup.
	A new suffix type 'Year-Week' was added. It allows to name backups with the year and the week number.
	In the new tab 'Advanced Options' it is now possible to set the compression level.
	The new option 'Never overwrite existing zip files, but rename them' will cause Backup&Compress not to delete any existing backup files.
	The online help was improved.
	The icon for the menu item 'Restore Backup&Compress Window' in the task bar was corrected.
	Backup&Compress can now be used from the command line.

	During a backup with more than 4GB, the kB progress display would restart with 0 kB.
	When switching between application windows using ALT-Tab, the Backup&Compress icon was not displayed.
	During a backup, the progress information is now displayed in the tool tip of the task bar icon.

When only a drive letter was specified as 'Source root', the path information of files was not properly stored in the ZIP file.

Initial release.