Rockwell Automation 9301 Series RSView32 Users Guide - Manual (Page 33)

Working with projects
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Adding components to a project
You can use the same files in more than one project by adding
components to a project. You can do this using two different
methods.
When you add a component in the Project Manager using the Copy
Existing Component into Project option, you are creating a copy of
the file in the project.
When you add a component using the second option, Create Shortcut
to Existing Component, you are not creating a copy of the file in the
project. Instead, you are creating a link to the file’s location outside of
the project. The advantage of using this option is that there is only one
copy of the file, and changes made to it are available to all projects
using the file. The disadvantage of using this option is that it is more
difficult to copy or move projects, because the files are not all located
in the same place.
If you copy a component into a project using My Computer,
Windows
® Explorer, or File Manager, you cannot add the component
to the project using the Copy Existing Component into Project
option. Instead, use the Create Shortcut to Existing Component
option to add the component to the Project Manager.
When you highlight the component in the right pane of the Project
Manager, the path to the file is displayed in the status bar. Files that are
located outside of the project have an arrow symbol on the
component icon, as shown above for the Detail component.
If you move or delete a file using My Computer, Windows Explorer,
or File Manager, the file reference is broken and the component name
is greyed out in the Project Manager until the file reference is updated.
To update the file reference, use either the Copy Existing Component
into Project option or the Create Shortcut to Existing Component
option.