ASPRunner manual
Working with projects

Project structure With ASPRunner, you can save all your settings in a single project file and do not have to go through individual files if you simply need to change a single label or field format. For each project ASPRunner saves to its own directory with the following subdirectories: visual - Contains modified visual templates. tmp - Temporary storage of visual templates. output - Directory with output files. You can change or rename the Output directory. The default directory for a new project is C:/Documents and Settings/Name/My Documents/ASPRunnerProjects/project_name. The Project file will be saved in the project directory as project_name.aspr. When you open a project created with a previous version of ASPRunner, you are prompted to choose a project directory. After you select a directory, your project file is copied to it. Then the next time you open your project it will be from the folder you selected, not from the original location. If you upload files to the Web server using third party FTP client software, you must upload the entire contents of the output directory. When you make a backup of your project, you should include all files in the project directory together with all subdirectories. At a minimum, you should backup the project file itself along with all files in the visual directory. Click the "Project" button and select from the drop down list to open an existing project or to save the current one. Creating new a project When you create a new project you have two options: Create a new project from scratch using Application Wizard Create a project from the template More info on templates that are shipped with ASPRunner. Opening an existing project To open existing project or save a current one, click Project button any time. Saving a project If you want to save the current project under a different name - for example, development purposes or to create a backup - select the "Save Project As" option. A new project directory will be created and all necessary project files will be copied to it. Note: ASPRunner creates a new project automatically upon startup. Saving your project as a Template You can save your project as a template. In this case, your database along with your project file and all files you have edited with the visual editor will be saved. Note: Save Project As Template is available only for those projects that have been built using MS Access database (MySql). While saving Project As Template you need to type in the template name you wish your project to be saved under. The template will be saved in the Business Templates Directory ( by default in C:\Program Files\ASPRunnerPro4.0\templates\business). Note: After your template is saved, you can add files that are not generated by ASPRunner to the template directory. After that saved Template will be available on the list of templates when you create a new project. You can also add a thumbnail image to the template that will be displayed on templates list. Place an image named preview.gif (JPG and PNG formats are supported also) to template folder. Image size should be 130x97. Add template to project You can create new project using two templates or add a template to existing project. To aviod replacing template tables with existing all ASPRunner business templates (tables and files) have prefix.