Open an Existing Project
To open an existing project:
Choose File ➝ Open.
Recently used projects appear listed on the right. If your project is included here, simply click on it to open the project.
If your project isn't listed, click on Browse in the left-hand column to display a standard Windows browse dialog, allowing you to locate the project you want to open.
Digitise Forms project files have a '.fxproj' file extension and by default are stored under:
C:\Users\<username>\Documents\NDL Software\Form Studio\Projects\<project name>
Double-click on the project file, or select it and then choose the Open button, to open the project.
You can change the default location for saving projects in the Form Studio Settings.
- Whilst you are working on a project within Form Studio, the Studio maintains a temporary copy of your project so that it can be recovered should you be unable to save it for any reason. When you load the Studio, it checks to see if there are any temporary copies available and, if so, offers you the opportunity to recover them. If you do not recover your projects when asked, the temporary files remain and you can recover them from the File ➝ Open menu later. If there are unrecovered projects available, the Open menu will have a Recovered option, below the Browse option. Click on this option to recover your project(s). The temporary copies are deleted after a successful save.
- If you open a project which was created in an earlier version of Digitise Forms, you will be prompted to upgrade the project. For more information about upgrading projects to the latest version of Digitise Forms see the Digitise Forms Installation Guide.