Working with projects

A project within Astro Studio is a set of script files grouped into folders. The structure of a project is displayed on the Project palette. Within the file system, a project has the following view:

Project folder

• Folder 1

  • Script 1.ltw

  • Script 2.ltw

  • …

• Folder 2

• …

• Script 3.ltw

• Script 4.ltw

• …

• project.ltp

To create a new project, click the "Create a project" button in the File menu . After clicking the button, the project creation dialog box will appear on the screen.

In this dialog box you should specify the project name, the path to the folder where the project will be stored and an optional comment. The structure of a new project will be displayed on the Project panel as soon as you click the OK button.

To open an existing project, click the "Open a project" button in the File menu . In the dialog box that appears, specify the root file (project.ltp) of the project to be opened.

In order to save changes in a project, you should click the "Save the project" button in the File menu , or press the Ctrl+S key combination. At the same time, all the changes in the opened sequences will be saved.

To create a new folder in a project, select the folder inside which you want to create a new folder on the Project panel and click "Create a folder" button on the Project panel .

In the appeared dialog box, you should enter the folder name and click OK. The new folder will be created on the disk and will be displayed on the Project panel.

To add an existing file to the project, select the folder in the project panel where you want to add the file and click the "Add file" button in the Project panel, then select the file and click Open

In order to move a file or folder to another node just drag n drop it to desired location.

To edit the folder selected on the Project panel, click the "Edit" button of the Project panel . After clicking the button, the folder editing dialog box will appear on the screen.

In order to delete a folder, you should select the folder to be deleted on the Project panel and click the "Delete the Element" button . After clicking OK in the appeared dialog box, the folder will be deleted.