How to take backup from a database? Vb.net computer programming code for beginners

Taking backup from a database  in data management system is very important as the data which we are generating in our daily use of a software is required to be safely backed up to avoid loss of data due to break down of computer by any reasons, like virus attack, or software/ hardware breakdown.For better understanding of these type of vb.net code or database related inquiry the book written by Donald E Knuth Bible of Computer programming is very great book which is available on amazon with free shipping charge, I will suggest one can  refer

Therefore creating a tool for database backup is very important to retrieve data from database and keep it in a save place so same can be use if database get corrupted . There are lots of  free data back up solutions are available but this back up code which I have incorporated in  my main software is quite simple can be incorporated while developing a software creating a suitable event . The Vb.net code which I have used here is  on the click event of BackupToolstrip_ menuitems of Main form in which I also tried to show the detail regarding the date and time when the back up was taken by creating a log file.

Try

 Dim s As StreamWriter

Dim portfolioPath As String = My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath

If Not Directory.Exists("C:\Backup") Then

Directory.CreateDirectory("C:\Backup")

File.Create("C:\ Backup\PIS.Mdb").Close()

File.Create("C: \Backup\Backup log.rtf").Close()" this for making of log about when the back was taken last

s = New StreamWriter("C:\Backup\Backup log.rtf", True)

s.WriteLine("This backup was initially taken on - " & Date.Now)

                s.Flush()

                s.Close()

FileCopy(portfolioPath & "\PIS.mdb", "C:\Backup\PIS.Mdb")

s = New StreamWriter("C:\Backup\Backup log.rtf", True)

 MsgBox("New directory and backup file created")

            Else

'Creating a directory by specifying a path in the TextBox, of the form c:\examples

'Instead of using a TextBox you can directly type the location of the directory like this

                'Directory.CreateDirectory("c:\examples")

FileCopy(portfolioPath & "\PIS.mdb", "C:\Backup\PIS.Mdb")

s = New StreamWriter("C:\Backup\Backup log.rtf", True)

s.WriteLine("This backup was latest updated on - " & Date.Now)

                s.Flush()

                s.Close()

MsgBox("Back up completed successfully")

            End If

        Catch ex As Exception

Dim MessageString As String = "Report this error to the system administrator: " & ControlChars.NewLine & ex.Message

      Dim TitleString As String = "Employee Master Details Data Load Failed"

       MessageBox.Show(MessageString, TitleString, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)

        End Try

 In the above mentioned code the the backed up database will be generated on  the C root drive Directory  name "Backup" and Database name "PIS.Mdb" . The database name should be same which is in used in your software.and The log file name "Backup log .rtf" will also be generated in the same directory which will provide the detail regarding the date and time of the backup was taken so this log will help to tell, how old the back up is ?

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