Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual

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Using filter presets
Included with the program are some presets with common filtering options. 
To use one of these, select “Explore presets” from the Patterns pop-up 
menu, and open one of the preset files from the window that appears.
Importing filters from another Backup Plan
If you have saved other Backup Plans (see “Saving your Backup Plan” on 
page 724), you can incorporate their filters into the current Backup Plan. 
This is done by selecting “Import and...

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The items on the Preview pop-up menu (and the corresponding icons to 
the right) have the following functionality:
General settings
Before you can actually run the backup, you need to make some general 
settings. Actually, the dialog for this will automatically appear when you 
simulate or execute a backup, but you may want to adjust these settings 
before this, since some of them affect the backup contents (and thus 
what is shown in Preview mode).
To make...

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Performing the backup
Simulating
Before you actually execute the backup, you may want to run a simulation. 
This allows you to check the exact size of the archive (useful if you’re un-
certain whether it will fit on a single CD). It’s also useful to see that all 
backup files can be properly accessed by the program.
Simulation is the same as the actual backup, but without saving. This 
means the process will take virtually the same time.
Proceed as follows:...

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Saving your Backup Plan
If you intend to execute the same backup more than once, you should 
save your Backup Plan. This is done by selecting “Save as” or “Save” 
from the File menu as usual. Backup Plan files have the file extension 
“.bkp”. To open a saved Backup Plan, use the “Open Backup Plan” item 
on the File menu.
The Externalize and Internalize functions
A saved Backup Plan contains a list of all folders for which a filter is de-
fined, and the specifics...

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Performing the backup from a command line
It’s possible to launch WaveLab, have it execute a given Backup Plan and 
(optionally) quit afterwards, by entering a command line. The syntax for 
this is:
“program path” “backup plan path” -a [-q]
For example:
“WaveLab.exe” “c:\my backup plan.bkp” -a [-q]
Note:
• The optional -q switch tells the program to quit after successfully executing the 
backup.
• WaveLab in itself does not have a feature for scheduling automatic...

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Making file extraction settings
1.Select “Settings” from the Functions pop-up menu (or click the corre-
sponding icon to the right).
The File Extraction Settings dialog appears.
2.Use the radio buttons in the “Extract what” section to determine whether 
only the selected files, all files or some specific files should be extracted.
The “Specific files” option allows you to e.g. extract files of a certain type only (by typing 
“*.xxx”, where “xxx” is the file name...

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Previewing
Selecting Preview from the Functions menu (or clicking the eye icon) ac-
tivates the Preview mode. In this mode, some additional information is 
shown in the Archive window: 
• The Preview column shows the path of the files (the locations in which they will be 
extracted, taking the file extraction settings into account).
• The Destination column shows whether there are files of the same name in the 
destination folders, and whether these are older,...

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Other functions
Render as data CD/DVD
By selecting this item from the Functions menu, you create a new data 
CD/DVD Project with the contents of the current Backup Plan. This allows 
you to rearrange the contents of the CD/DVD, write multiple CD/DVD 
copies, etc.
Create Labels and Edit Text Variables
These items on the Functions menu allow you to create CD labels for your 
backup CDs. Read more about creating labels in the chapter “Creating 
labels” on page 603. 

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Customizing 

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What is customizing?
When we talk about customizing, we mean making settings so that the 
program behaves and looks the way you want it to!
Preferences
In the Preferences dialog on the Options menu you will find a number of 
settings for tailoring the look and behavior of the program.
The settings are collected on tabs. To get a description of the Preferences 
settings of a particular tab, click the question mark icon.
Saving the preferences
To make sure the preference...