Creating and Saving Projects

This section discusses how to:

  • Create new projects.

  • Save projects.

Note: Changes that you make to a definition in a project are also reflected outside the project. Before you change a definition in a project, be aware of how it might affect other definitions outside the project. For example, when you rename or delete a field, you do so globally. Although you can enter a project name as selection criteria in certain PeopleSoft Application Designer dialog boxes (such as Open, Rename, and Delete), this is just to narrow the list of definitions returned in the selection list.

When you start PeopleSoft Application Designer, an empty project titled Untitled always appears, whether you use the project or not. Unlike other definitions, only one project can be open at a time. Although you are encouraged to develop in projects, you can hide the project workspace window and ignore the project entirely.

To create a new project:

  1. Select File > New.

  2. Highlight Project as the new definition type to create and click OK.

Note: Another way to create a new project is to open an existing project, select File > Save Project As and then enter a new name for the project. The system copies all of the existing definitions in the project.

See Saving Definitions.

To open an existing project, follow the same procedure as you would for any other definition type.

See Opening Definitions.

When you save an entire project, you use a different command then what you use to save other types of definitions.

To save a project, select File > Save Project. You can also select File > Save Project As to save the project with a new name. Selecting File > Save Project As is a good way to make a copy of a project because the original project still exists under the original name.

The Save toolbar button saves whichever definition is active in the definition workspace, but you cannot use it to save an entire project.