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Managing Existing Projects

There are two ways to select an existing project to open it. One is to browse to the project file (*.hxproj) in the file system, the second is to select the project in the project history. The project history is a list of previously opened projects. Any projects can be removed from the history by using the (Delete) button; even the whole history can be deleted using the Clear history command from the File menu.

It is only possible to open a project when there is none currently opened. An opened project can be closed via the File > Close project menu items or the button on the main toolbar.

Prerequisite:

There is no opened project.

Open project from file system

  1. Select the File > Open project menu items or the button on the toolbar.

    A file selection dialog is opened.
  2. Browse to the desired project file (*.hxproj) and click [Open].

    The project is opened and the Project structure tab displayed.

Open project from project history

  1. Select the desired project in the project history (Open project group box of the Welcome tab).
  2. Open the project by clicking the Open from project history button or double-click on the project name in the list.

    The project is opened and the Project structure tab displayed.

Open project using command prompt

It is also possible to open a project using the command prompt, also known as the "command line" or "cmd". The default installation folder of EPLAN Harness proD Studio is <Drive>:\Program Files\EPLAN or <Drive>:\Program Files (x86)\EPLAN depending if you have a 32 bit or 64 bit version of Windows and EPLAN Harness proD. It is strongly recommended to use quotation marks in the command prompt.

Any EPLAN Harness proD Studio document can be opened using the command prompt:

Per default, projects are stored in the <Drive>:\Users\<your user account>\Documents\<Harness proD folder>\Projects directory.

  1. In the Command Prompt, enter the full path to the HStudio.exe file, the full path to the project file, and the full path to the desired document, for instance:
  2. Press [Enter].

    The desired EPLAN Harness proD Studio document is opened in the desired project.

Delete project from history or from disk

A project can be deleted form the history or from the disk.

  1. Select the desired project in the project history.
  2. Click the Delete button in the Welcome tab.

    The Delete project from history dialog is displayed.
  3. Keep the Delete project files and Delete project backup files check boxes unchecked and click [OK].

    The project is deleted from the history.
  4. Check the Delete project files check box and click [OK].

    All project files are deleted from the project folder.

    The project backup files (*.hxzproj) are not deleted.

    The Delete project backup files check box becomes available.
  5. Check the Delete project backup files check box and click [OK].

    The entire project folder including all files in it is deleted from the disk.