Action: backup

Parameters	Description
TYPE	Type of task to be carried out: PROJECT: Back up the entire project MASTERDATA: Back up the master data
PROJECTNAME	Project name with complete file path (optional). If nothing is entered, the selected project will be used if the action is to be run over the user interface (e.g. via the script or ribbon). When executing from the Windows command line, PROJECTNAME must be specified or ProjectAction has to be used before that. Otherwise a system message will appear.
ARCHIVENAME	Archive name. Name of the file in which the backup data should be saved (without path).
DESTINATIONPATH	Target directory
COMMENT	Comment on backup (optional). The comment is written as a string into the corresponding property of the saved project. Default value: The corresponding property is not specified.
AUTOCOPYREFDATA	Indicates whether the referenced data (external documents, image files) should be copied, prior to the data backup, to the respective project directory (...\"Projectname"\DOC\. and ...\"Projectname"\Images\.) (optional, 0 = No, 1 = Yes). Default value: 0 Only applies if the TYPE parameter has of the following value: PROJECT. Images and documents stored in the project are always backed up.
INCLEXTDOCS	Indicates whether external documents should be included in the backup (optional, 0 = No, 1 = Yes). Default value: 0
INCLIMAGES	Indicates whether image files should be included in the backup (optional, 0 = No, 1 = Yes). Default value: 0
BACKUPMETHOD	Type of backup: BACKUP: Project is backed up SOURCEOUT: Project is filed off ARCHIVE: Project is archived.
MDTYPE	Type of master data to be backed up: SYMBOLS: Symbol libraries MACROS: Macros FORMS: Forms ARTICLES: Parts data LANGUAGES: Dictionaries STANDARDSHEET: Plot frames STATIONDATA: User, workstation data
SOURCEPATH	Source directory only applies when backing up master data.
FILENAME	Name of the file to be backed up. The file name can be specified with or without the complete file path. The file extension must be specified. A file extension with a placeholder is possible (for example /FILENAME:.fn1, /FILENAME:., /FILENAME:sh). This only applies for saving master data.

Example:

Back up project:

backup 
/TYPE:PROJECT 
/DESTINATIONPATH:U:\temp 
/ARCHIVENAME:EPLAN_Sample_Project.zw1 
/COMMENT:Hello 
/AUTOCOPYREFDATA:1 
/INCLIMAGES:0 
/INCLEXTDOCS:1

backup 
/TYPE:PROJECT 
/PROJECTNAME:C:\Projects\EPLAN\EPLAN_Sample_Project.elk 
/DESTINATIONPATH:U:\temp 
/ARCHIVENAME:EPLAN_Sample_Project.zw1 
/COMMENT:Hello 
/BACKUPMETHOD:BACKUP

Back up master data:

Back up plot frame with complete file path:

backup 
/TYPE:MASTERDATA 
/FILENAME:C:\PlotFrames\EPLAN\ESS_A3DP.fn1 
/SOURCEPATH:C:\PlotFrames\EPLAN 
/DESTINATIONPATH:U:\temp 
/ARCHIVENAME:my_MasterData 
/COMMENT:"Hello world" 
/MDTYPE:STANDARDSHEET

Back up plot frame without complete file path:

backup 
/TYPE:MASTERDATA 
/FILENAME:ESS_A3DP.fn1 
/SOURCEPATH:C:\PlotFrames\EPLAN 
/DESTINATIONPATH:U:\temp 
/ARCHIVENAME:my_MasterData 
/COMMENT:"Hello world" 
/MDTYPE:STANDARDSHEET

Back up all plot frames (*.fn1):

backup 
/TYPE:MASTERDATA 
/FILENAME:*.fn1 
/SOURCEPATH:C:\PlotFrames\EPLAN 
/DESTINATIONPATH:U:\temp 
/ARCHIVENAME:my_MasterData 
/COMMENT:"Hello world" 
/MDTYPE:STANDARDSHEET

Back up all files (*.*) in the specified source directory:

backup 
/TYPE:MASTERDATA 
/FILENAME:*.* 
/SOURCEPATH:C:\PlotFrames\EPLAN 
/DESTINATIONPATH:U:\temp 
/ARCHIVENAME:my_MasterData 
/COMMENT:"Hello world" 
/MDTYPE:STANDARDSHEET

Back up all files (*.*) with the 'sh' file name extension in the specified source directory:

backup 
/TYPE:MASTERDATA 
/FILENAME:*sh 
/SOURCEPATH:C:\PlotFrames\EPLAN 
/DESTINATIONPATH:U:\temp 
/ARCHIVENAME:my_MasterData 
/COMMENT:"Hello world" 
/MDTYPE:STANDARDSHEET