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The Open protocol window

Overview

When you use the Browse computer... option to open a protocol on which to base a new experiment, the Open protocol window will be displayed. Here you can navigate around your computer or network to find the file you want to open.

Figure 1. The Open protocol window.

Details

You will probably be familiar with this window already, as it's based on the standard 'Open file' window used in almost all Windows software.

It's often very useful to enlarge this window so you can see more files. You can do this by dragging the bottom right corner with the mouse.

Files list

The files list shows the folders and experiment files stored in the current location. You can double click a folder to open it so you can access the files inside. If you double click a protocol file, then ANY-maze will open it.

File name

You can use this field to type in the location and name of the file you want to open - but usually it's much easier to open a file by double clicking on it in the Files list.

Type of file

The window will always start with ANY-maze protocol files selected as the Type of file, but you can change this so that the Files list will show other files types instead. The options are:

ANY-maze protocol files

The default option. ANY-maze will create a new experiment and load the chosen protocol into it.

ANY-maze experiment files

If you choose an experiment file, ANY-maze will read the protocol directly from the experiment, then create a new experiment and write the protocol to it. This operation will not affect the chosen experiment file in any way.

All files

The Files list will show all the files in the selected location, but you should only open an ANY-maze protocol, experiment (or backup) file; opening any other type of file will fail.

The Open protocol window

Overview

Details

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