File Menu

The File menu contains the following items you can use for basic file operations, such as opening, closing, and saving files:

• New Project creates a new project.
• Open Project displays a standard file dialog box you can use to navigate to and open a project.
• Close Project closes the current project. A confirmation dialog box prompts you to save any changes you have made to the project.
• Revert Project reverts the current project back to its last saved state. You cannot undo a project reversion.
• Save Project saves the current project. If you are saving a new project for the first time, a dialog box prompts you to name the project and determine its location.
• Save Project As saves the current project with a different name, with a different file type, or to a different location.
• Import includes the following options:
  • Snapshots From Another Project imports snapshots saved in LabVIEW SignalExpress project (.seproj) files.
  • Logged Signals From Another Project imports logged signals saved in LabVIEW SignalExpress (.seproj) files.
  • Logged Signals from SignalExpress TDMS Files imports logged signals saved in .tdms files.
  • Channel View from Excel imports data to the Channel View from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
• Export includes the following options:
  • Export Project Settings to XML exports the current project configuration settings to an XML file.
  • Copy Data View Image copies the contents of the active Data View tab to the clipboard. You then can paste the image into other applications. This option appears only when the active tab is the Data View tab.
  • Channel View to Excel exports data from the Channel View to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
  • Export Documentation to HTML exports documentation from the Project Documentation tab of the current project to an HTML file. This option appears only when the active tab is the Project Documentation tab.
• Page Setup displays a Page Setup dialog box you can use to set print options for the application.
• Print appears only when the active tab is the Data View tab or the Project Documentation tab. Print includes the following options:
  • Print Data View prints the content of the Data View tab. This option appears only when the active tab is the Data View tab.
  • Print Documentation prints the content of the Project Documentation tab. This option appears only when the active tab is the Project Documentation tab.
• Recent Projects displays the most recently opened projects.
• Exit quits the application. A dialog box prompts you to save any changes you made to any open files before the application terminates.