3.6. Saving a project to disk and loading a project from disk<br>

## 3.6. Saving a project to disk and loading a project from disk

Each project is saved to a disk in one file with a “.ISB” extension. A new project must be always saved with a name specified by the user. To do this select “Save project” or “Save as” – in case of a new project both commands act in the same way – you’ll be prompted to enter a name for the project (file). You can use long file names – it is advisable to select names that help identify the contents of the files. The file name length may be up to 255 characters. If you move to calculations in the new project for the first time (before having saved the project to the disk), you’ll be prompted for the project name. Then data diagnostics will be performed and the calculation options tab will be activated.

The following project save and load operations are possible:

¨ To save a project to disk:

Select “File / Save project” (Ctrl+S, ).

If the file has no name yet, then the above command is equivalent to “Save as ...” – see below.

¨ To save a project under another name (the file will be copied under the new name):

1. Select “File / Save as ...”.

2. If necessary change the default folder where you want to save the file. The new folder should be indicated in the “Save in:” field in the upper part of the window.

3. Type in the new name of the file in the “File name” field.

4. Click the “Save” button.

¨ To load a project from disk:

1. Select “File / Open project” ().If the project that is currently open has been changed, a dialog box will be displayed asking if you want to save the changes.

2. Select file from the list. If the file you are looking for does not show up on the list, check whether the proper folder in the “Search in:” field has been selected. To facilitate identification of projects, fields are displayed on the right hand side with information on the project indicated in the list. The upper field shows information on the project and designer (specified in General data / Info), and the lower field lists sections contained in the project.

3. Click the “Open” button.

! The last items in the “File /” menu are the names of projects that were edited recently. After selecting one of these items, the indicated file is opened. File names may be displayed with or without full access path (see section 7.3.1).