Link to Project Hierarchy

You can link Plant SCADA Studio to a project and its includes from any location using the Link to Project Hierarchy functionality. After you have linked a project and its includes to Plant SCADA Studio, you can view these projects in the Projects activity. If one of the include projects is already linked, linking the project hierarchy will not change the existing link.

Note: The project to which you are linking and its includes need to be in the same folder.

To link a project hierarchy:

1. In the Project activity, select Home.

2. On the Command Bar, select Add | Link Project Hierarchy. The Select Folder dialog appears.

3. Click to select the project folder for the project you want to link.

4. Click Select Folder. The selected project and its includes are linked.

To unlink a project hierarchy:

5. Select the project that you want to unlink.

6. On the Command Bar, select Remove | Unlink Project Hierarchy. A message is displayed to confirm the action.

7. Click OK to proceed.

8. If one or more Industrial Graphics items in this project or its included projects have unsaved changes, a notification dialog will appear with the list of all unsaved items.

9. Select any of the following options to proceed:

   SAVE ALL	Save all the changes, close the Industrial Graphics items, and unlink the selected project and its includes from the Plant SCADA Studio.
   DISCARD ALL	Discard all the changes, close the Industrial Graphics items, and unlink the selected project and its includes from the Plant SCADA Studio.
   CANCEL	Cancel the procedure.

Note: Unlinking a project hierarchy removes the project and its includes from the view, but does not delete them. The project files continue to be available at their original location on the disk.