Additional files window

Applies to:
Tools window

 

Description:

Under View -> Additional files you manage additional files, which will be included with the finished application during the Build process. Here you add, organize and delete files and folders, which you want to ship with your application. Anything added here will be placed in the folder 'Additional' in the working directory of the finished application.

 

Tip: relative links to additional files can be conveniently created via the parameter selection button next to each parameter field:

 

 

Important note: the structure of additional files, created here does not actually copy the source files, nor create real assets to your project. Only a reference to the source files will be stored here, until the project is actually finished (built). If you remove, rename or move the source files or folders before building the project, this will create errors. For this reason, it is strongly recommended, that you create a special folder yourself, where you put all the files needed for the application and add them to additional files from there. Especially do not include additional files from removable drives or CD's without copying them to your hard-drive before.

 

Creating a folder structure of your choice for additional files:

There are two ways of creating the folder structure for your additional files. You can create the folder structure in your windows explorer already and add folders with files and subfolders to your project via selecting in the right pane and dragging them over to the left pane (from Source to Destination). Folders and files can be renamed here by clicking on the rename button, but they can't be reorganized by dragging files and folders around in the left pane. You can only add, delete or rename files there.

 

TIP: the best way of adding a complete structure of additional files is to organize them on your harddisk and then add the whole bunch of files to your additional files.

 

A different way of organizing your folder structure of additional files would be to create the folder structure from scratch in the left pane and add separate files or folders to this structure by dragging them over from the lower right pane.

 

Adding new  blank folders:

Click the + symbol between the left and right pane in order to create a new folder under Destination. Folders will be named by default and can be renamed by clicking on the folder twice. New folders will be added under the selected folder. In order to add a folder on the highest level, click somewhere in the left pane, in order to unselect newly added files or folders.

 

Deleting files and folders:

Select a file or folder in the left pane and click the - (minus) symbol in order to remove the file or folder (including subfolders) from the additional files. This will not actually delete any files, just remove the reference from the list of items to add during the build process.

 

Renaming files and folders:
Select a file or folder in the left pane and click the Rename selected file button in order to enter a different name for the selected file or folder.

 

  Editing your files:

"Click to edit selected file", click this button to open the program, which is associated with the selected file.  You can assign your favorite HTML editor via File -> External Editors..., all other file types will open the standard associated program.

 

Adding additional files and folders:

In order to add files and folders to your project, navigate to the drive and folders containing the files, by selecting them in the upper right pane under Source (only drives and folders are displayed in the upper right pane).

 

The contents of the selected drive or folder are displayed in the lower right pane, where you select the files or folders to be included with your project. Click on the flash symbol (<) to add the selected files or folders including subfolders to your project.
 

You may as well drag the folder(s) or files to the left to add them. Included files and subfolders will be added automatically.

 

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