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The Project menu item allows you to backup your current project to a new directory, open a new project, or open existing project. If you backup or open a new project, you must enter a name in the New Project Folder edit box.
If you open an existing project, a dialog box will open which allows you to select which project to open. Select an existing project initialization file in the EvView directory. Don't select your current project or the EvView.ini file (a dialog box will ask you to select another project).
Open an existing project, start a new project or backup your existing project
Open Existing Project
To open an existing project, you select the menu item File | Project. Click on the Open Project button. A dialog box will be shown which is asking you to select a project initialization file. This project initialization file will be in a previously created project folder.
If you try to open the EvView.ini or the current project initialization file, you will be asked to select another file. The project folder must be in a sub directory of the EvView folder.
Note: the current project will saved automatically when a new project is opened.
Create New Project
Create a new project command is found by selecting the File | Project menu item.
The Project menu item creates a new project. Enter a new project name in the edit box. This becomes your folder and initialization file name. Click on the Start New Project button and you will be asked if you want to close this project and start a new project. Click OK and a new project will be started.
Note: The current project will be saved when it is closed. No changes will be lost.
Backup Project
The backup command is found by selecting the File | Project menu item. Enter a new project name and then click the Backup Project button. Your current project will be saved to the new backup folder.
The Backup command backs up the form files, the alarm setup files, the password files, data files and the initialization files for your new directory.
Note: Back up your data files by using windows explorer to copy these files to a new directory. These files may become very large, and may need to be removed to make room for new data files.
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