New project->Clone

Reusability is an essential function of the Medit32 environment. You have a project similar to an existing project or demo and you want to being with that project or demo to start a new project. This can be accomplished simply by using the Clone Command.

 

Select the Menu Project->New->New - Clone Project (with new file names)

Figure 25 Menu Project->New->Clone

The following dialog appears:

Figure 26 Clone project dialog

In Destination Folder:

Enter a new folder or existing folder for the cloned project to be copied to: My First Clone

•    Note that single or multiple projects can exist in a single project folder

•    We recommend that you keep each project ( and each iteration of a project ) in its own folder. This can be a sub-folder ( which Clone can auto-create for you ) of your existing project folder, or you might set up a 'main folder' for a client and keep all their projects in sub-folders under it, etc. As you work with a project and generate output files, this will simplify things for you.

 

In the New Project name,

 

Enter a new project name: My First Clone

•    Notice that the New file names dialog is populated with the new project name. All the existing project names which coincide with the old project name will be renamed to the new project name.

 

Your dialog should now look like this:

 

Next click on Set Names , and the existing files are renamed to the new names:

 

A couple of things to notice:

•    There is a check box  

•    This can be used to replace all files in the project folder. Caution should be exercised so as not to delete previously created files which you wish to retain. Obviously if you are copying to a new directory, this option does not do anything

•    You can also manually rename the files to anything you'd like. In some project that you clone, where the files in the project do not match the project name, the automatic renaming may not be to your satisfaction. Simply click on any line which has a file name, and in the Output file name of selected box enter the new name for the file. Then select .

 

Once everything is as you would like it to be, Click the  button

To exit and open the New project, click [Close this form and open the new project now].

The new project opens and if you select the Project menu, you will see the new files in your project!

Figure 27 Project menu opened to new cloned project

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New Project->Wizard