Save your Project

Whilst working on a project, it is good practice to save your project from time to time . You should also save it before you close the project or close down Form Studio. However, if you attempt to open a new project or close the currently open project without first saving any changes, you will be prompted to save the current project.

To save the current project, do one of the following:

  • Choose File ➝ Save to save your project to the current location.
  • Choose File ➝ Save As to save your project to a different folder or to change the name of the project.
  • Click on the Save button, Picture showing the Save button., in the top left-hand corner of the Form Studio window. This is the same as choosing File ➝ Save.
  • Press Ctrl+S. If the project hasn't previously been saved this will be the same as choosing File ➝ Save As, otherwise it will be equivalent to choosing File ➝ Save.

 

Project names can only contain A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and '_', and cannot contain spaces.

 

You can change the default location for saving projects in the Form Studio Settings.

  • Form Studio maintains a temporary copy of your project, whilst you work. When you load the Studio, it checks to see if there are any temporary copies in this folder and, if so, offers you the opportunity to recover them. The temporary copies are deleted after a successful save. By default these temporary files are saved under C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\Forms Studio\Recovered Projects but you can change this folder if you want to within the Form Studio Settings.

 

If you make any changes to the custom Scripts within your projects, using either the built-in Script Editor or an external editor, you MUST save your project before you close it to keep the changes. If you want to lose your changes, you can close the project without saving it.