You can use the workbench to import projects and files
from your local file system and export them to your local file system.
Importing and exporting by using Project Interchange
Project
Interchange files are archive files that contain one or more projects;
you might use them to share entire projects at once. To export one
or more of your projects as a Project Interchange file:
- Click . The Export window opens.
- Under Select an export destination, expand Other and
click Project Interchange.
- Click Next.
- On the Export Projects page, select the check boxes next to the
projects to export in the Project Interchange file.
- In theTo zip file field, select the name
and location for the exported file.
- To include derived files in the exported file, select Include
derived files.
For information about derived files,
see "Project sharing." Derived files are generated from source files
and are not original data, so typically you do not need to include
them when you share projects.
- Click Finish.
To import one or more of the projects in a Project Interchange
file:
- Click . The Import window opens.
- Under Select an import source, expand Other and
click Project Interchange.
- Click Next.
- On the Import Projects page, select the projects to import.
- Click Finish.
Importing and exporting individual files
With
the workbench, you can also import and export individual files as
separate files or as a single archive file. To export individual files
from your workspace to your local file system:
- Click .
- In the Export window, expand General and
choose a format for your output files. These are some of the common
formats:
- File System exports files to your local
file system as individual files, just as they are within the workbench.
- Archive File compresses files into an archive
file and saves that archive file to your local files system.
- Click Next.
- Select the files to export and select a location for the exported
file or files.
- Click Finish.
Before you import files into your workspace, you must
have a project to put the new files in. To import individual files
into your workspace from your file system:
- Click .
- In the Import window, select the type of file to import. These
are some of the common formats:
- File System imports one or more files directly
into a project in your workspace.
- Archive File extracts one or more files
from an archive file and imports those files into the workspace.
- Click Next.
- Select the location of the files to import and the folder in your
workspace into which to import the files.
- Click Finish.