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Making Your Project Portable
In some situations you may need to prepare your VA Project so that it can be opened on a PC that does
not have VA installed.
In this example, you would use the NetLinx Studio 2 application to transfer the System files generated in
VA.
To make your VA project portable:
1.
In Visual Architect, use the
Generate System Files
option in the Generate & Transfer System Files
dialog to generate the system files for your VA project (without initiating the transfer process).
One of the files that is generated with this option is a NetLinx Studio Workspace (*.APW) file. This
is the file that you will open in NetLinx Studio 2.
2.
Launch NetLinx Studio 2, and select
File > Open Workspace
to access the Open Workspace
dialog.
3.
In the Open Workspace dialog, locate and open the *.APW file created for this project by VA. This
file can be found in the root of the project subfolder, in the Output Folder specified in the Generate
Options of the Generate & Transfer System Files dialog.
4.
In Studio's workspace view, right-click the Include folder and select "
Add Existing Include File…
"
from the context menu. This opens the Add Existing Include File dialog. In this dialog:
a.
Browse to
C:\Program Files\Common Files\AMXShare\AXIs
.
b.
Select the
SNAPI.axi
,
G4API.axi
, and
MioRemoteAPI.axi
files and click on
Open
to add
them to the project.
5.
In NetLinx Studio, select
Project > Export Workspace To Go
to access the Export Workspace
Files To Go dialog (FIG. 114).
6.
Set the
Workspace Files
options:
a.
Verify (or edit if necessary) the full path and file name of the exported "To Go" (*.AXW) file.
AXW files preserve all relative file path information for the Projects, Systems and System files
contained in the Workspace, making them ideal for distribution to remote sites.
NetLinx Studio will ask you if you want to open each of the selected files for editing
before they are added, which is unnecessary in this case. Click No to add the three
files to the project without opening them.
FIG. 114
Export Workspace Files To Go dialog