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What is the content op the popup? Which error messages do you get? Do you use the mail notification of FreeFileSync itsself or do you use a script for getting the error messages per mail?

The default editor of Windows Server 2012 R2 (Notepad.exe) doesn't show the plain text log files correctly if there's no CR. And it looks like VBS is also awaiting a CR for identifying the EOL.

With the default editor of Windows 10 the plain text log files are shown as expected with line feeds.

For me parsing the plain text log files from FFS 10.21 with VB scripts is working again but the parsed lines are listed twice.

Hi all,

do you know what the difference between FreeFileSync 10.21 and 10.22 is?

Thank You

TheExpert

@Zenju: Thank you for bringing back the plain text log files. In the global settings file you can add the format option to this XML tag: <LogFiles MaxAge="30"/> --> <LogFiles MaxAge="30" Format="Text"/> It looks like the plain text log files are different from the ones ...

Hi all, I agree with your requirement, too. I'm using FreeFileSync with an VBS script that is parsing the log file for error events. Since the log files are in HTML format, this isn't possible anymore. HTML is nice to view but not for automated processes. What about giving the user the choice which ...

Email notifications are now directly supported with FreeFileSync 10.20! Zenju, 15 Feb 2020, 09:50

Great :-). Thank you for implementing this feature. You forgot to mention that it's only available in the paid version. And is there a documetation for the configuration of it?

@uaiz: Yes, this is possible but I wouldn't recommend it. You will never know if the sync has been started if there's no message for successful runs.

Where did you save your batch file? And where's your script saved? Both should be saved in the same folder. And the Const BatchFile shouldn't be defined with the path to the batch file. This should work when both files are saved in the same folder.

@Squalo: Good to hear that it's working now with a new batch file. Maybe there was something incorrect with the old batch file. But I didn't see where the error was.

@sagitario: Did you have a chance to test the SSL connection to your mail server after adding the lines timbretta added in his post above? Is it working? I hope I will have the time to build a new script at this weekend and will then add the SSL feature to the new script version. Yes.. it work. Tha...

@Squalo: I was confused today in the early morning. I think I found out the issue. These outputs of your script are incorrect: Job Name = D:\Desktop\SyncSettings GetLogFile return value = <LogFolder>D:\Desktop\Logs</LogFolder> They should look like: Job Name = Sicherung Mailserver zu HTPC GetLogFile...

Maybe it's also a good idea to download the newest script version and retry it again. What's the latest version? I use Version: 2018.10.20 - Version 1.13 Now I'll try to set it all up again. As written on 19 Nov 2018, there's a new version available. Here's the download link once again: https://fre...

@Squalo: I don't have an idea why the script recognizes GetLogFile return value = <LogFolder>D:\Desktop\Logs</LogFolder> instead of GetLogFile return value = D:\Desktop\Logs When you start this synchronization job directly with FreeFileSync, does the job work and is there a log file? I see that it i...

@Squalo: Please start the script with the DoDebug option. Here is a sample of one of my synchronisation jobs started from the command line with cscript: D:\Scripts>cscript FreeFileSync.vbs batchfile "Sicherung Mailserver zu HTPC.ffs_batch" Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host, Version 5.812 C...

@Squalo: Please use the DoDebug option in the script and let it run once again. With this configuration the script shows you a lot of data as dialogue windows when running with wscript or in the command line when starting with cscript. You should get the output of the log file the script wants to op...

@Squalo: I took a look at your script. Your issue isn't related to the batch file. You set this option with the complete path as it's documented: " ' SET TO PATH OF [somebatchfile].ffs_batch ' IF BLANK AND NO COMMAND LINE ARGUMENT, THEN SCRIPT EXITS" At line 465 your script is searching fo...

Hi all, today I added an exception handling if there's no GlobalSettings.xml or similar named file defined: If it isn‘t defined the call procedure of FreeFileSync will be changed. I tested the exception handling successfully and hopefully it will also work for you. And thanks to @timberetta I added ...

@Squalo: Did you edit the script with the Windows editor notepad.exe? Then please download the script once again from the forum and edit it with Notepad++. I had the same issue and after editing the script with Notepad++ everything was fine.

@sagitario: Did you have a chance to test the SSL connection to your mail server after adding the lines timbretta added in his post above? Is it working? I hope I will have the time to build a new script at this weekend and will then add the SSL feature to the new script version.

Thank you. Please have look at the first lines of the script, where Lars Beneke as originator of this script described the usage: ' Usage: cscript.exe FreeFileSync.vbs <hideconsole true|false> ' <exefile d:\path\to\freefilesync.exe> ' <batchfile d:\path\to\batch.ffs_batch> ' <msgsubject "Messag...

OK, I will insert a check for ConstGlobalSettingsFile: If it isn‘t defined the call procedure of FreeFileSync has to be changed. You can define the batch file as command line parameter. So there‘s no need to set the ConstBatchFile in the script. With the command line parameter you are able to use di...

@The Expert I have been unable to get the most current script tor run i get an error message Cannot find file"". followed by windows script host message C:\backup_scripts\FreeFileSync.vbs line 469 Char 4 Error Invalid procedure coll or argument 'Mid' code 800A0005 Any ideas. The issue wit...

Hi Zenju,

OK, thank you. I found out what I've done wrong when testing this option. It seems to work as expected.

Kind Regeards

TheExpert

Hi all, I found out that the GlobalSettings.xml file is saved per user account in the APP data folder of the user profile. Because I've running FreeFileSync under other user credentials the GlobalSettings.xml of this user is used and not the one where I configured the file verification. I save now t...

Hi all,

I still have the issue that verifying the copied files isn't always done by FreeFileSync. I don't know if this is a bug of the release 10.4 Beta.

Can someone help?

Thank you

TheExpert

It Looks like you don't have the permission to access the folder oder file. But without details of the log file it's very difficult to help you.

Hi all, the documentation of the %logfile_path% macro should be published with 10.3 where it's implemented. Actually I don't know if this could be used for the freefilesync.vbs script. I found a new bug in the VBS script. Sometimes the script checked the wrong log file. This is possible if there is ...

Hi all,

it would be nice to get more detailed information about this new macro.

Can someone help?

Thank You

TheExpert

0x1 means that the called EXE file has stopped abnormal i. e. If you call a VBS script with cscript.exe or wscript.exe and you kill the EXE process in the task manager without waiting until the process finishes in its own. The best would be to activate a debug log for finding out what's going on and...