The Global On-Demand Synchronization Task entered into the Before Synch Task text box runs before every on-demand synchronization.
For example, you could choose to dump your target database before performing synchronizations:
Create the following task under Global On-Demand Synchronizations Tasks in the Before Synch Task text box:
isql -S servername -Usa -P username -Q"backup database corporate to db_store"
When the synchronization is run, an entry resembling the following appears in the log file if the synchronization was successful:
Log Entry: Thursday, September 9, 2004 3:18:39 PM
Executed BeforeSync Task. isql -S servername -Usa -P username -Q"backup database corporate to db_store" ReturnStatus = 0