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5.9. Saving and Sending a Program
Like any Windows program, TWinSoft creates “Documents”.
A document corresponds to a
TB
OX
LT2
application. Each of them must be saved using the Windows
standard.
5.9.1. Saving a document – Backup document
Possibilities for saving a document:
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Use the icon of the main tool bar
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From the main menu use: ‘File’

‘Save’
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Use the accelerator keys <CTRL + S>
Saving a document creates a file with the extension ‘.tws’ which is your TWinSoft application.
But each time a TWinSoft project ‘.tws’ is opened successfully; it is saved in a back up file ‘.tbk’. If you
encounter some problem retrieving your ‘.tws’ file, you can just replace the ‘.tbk’ extension by ‘.tws’ and
use the back up.
During development of the application, it can be sent at any time to
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OX
LT2
, for testing purpose.
When sending an application to
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OX
LT2
, it is first compiled and then sent, in the same sequence.
5.9.2. Compiling an application
Compilation converts the document into microprocessor code. To compile, you can:

use the icon of the main tool bar

use the accelerator key <F9>
The result of the compilation is available in the Results window. This window automatically pops up when
there is a compilation error but it can be opened manually:
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from the main menu: ‘View’

‘Results’
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using the accelerator keys <ALT + 2>
The Results window provides useful data:
Information: indicated in black
Warning: indicated in bold dark green
Error: indicated in bold red