User Guide

Introduction
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Design XPress Programmer’s Guide
Project Sorting
Right-click anywhere in the Project Selection List (on the Main Screen) to open the Project
Selection List context menu, and select Sort to access the Project Sorting window. The listed
projects can be sorted by up to four criteria in either ascending or descending order:
Use the four sets of radio buttons to specify up to four sorting operations, in sequential order.
After the desired settings have been selected click the Sort button to return to the sorted project list.
Menu Bar
Each of the menus in the Main Screen menu bar are described in the following sub-sections:
File Menu
The File menu contains several file control options:
• Copy Launches the Copy Project dialog, which allows you to specify a Job Name and enter a
description of the file copy. This is the same as clicking the Copy Project command but-
ton (or selecting File > Copy).
• Delete Deletes the selected Project file. The program prompts you to confirm this action before
the project file is deleted. This is the same as clicking the Delete Project command but-
ton (or selecting File > Delete).
Note: If a project is not exported before deleting, you will not be able to bring the project
back into Design XPress for modifications at a later date.
• Import Invokes the Select Import Design XPress File dialog, which allows you to locate and
select a Project file to import. This is the same as selecting File > Import Project.
• Export Invokes the Export Project dialog, which allows you to specify a name and target loca-
tion for the exported Project file. This is the same as selecting File > Export Project.
• Sort Displays the Sort Options window, containing the various sort criteria that can be used
to sort the Project Selection List. This is the same as selecting View > Sort Projects.
• None: By default, the sort options are all set to none (no sorting).
• Job Name: Sorts the projects by their Job Names.
• Revision: Sorts the projects by their Revision numbers.
• Description: Sorts the projects alphabetically based on the first character of the project
description.
• Last Updated: Sorts the projects by their most recent save date and time.
Each of the sort criteria options is based on project data that is either entered or
displayed on the System Information dialog.
• New Creates a new Design XPress project file.
• Open Opens an existing Design XPress project file.
• Copy Allows you to copy the active project file. This option launches the Copy Project
dialog.
• Delete Allows you to delete the selected Project from your hard drive or database.
• Import Project Allows you to import a file into the Project Selection List
• Export Project Allows you to export the active Project
• Exit Exits the Design XPress application.