HI can any one help me please

Hi there i am new to HeidiSQL and need some help please.
I have forum database which i need to keep a regular back up of and although i have sussed out how to do it i was wondering if there was a way of automating it so it can run at a set time eveyday ?
Thanks for reading
PS .. I am running it on Windows XP

Hello, you can use mysqldump (in a .bat file?) which you then run using "Scheduled Tasks" at wanted intervals.

More on using mysqldump at:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysqldump.html

thanks for that ... seems i need to do some reading up now :)