Searching for a project

Projects are listed by the time of last opening. By clicking more files the browser opens and you can browse for another project.


Reducing the list of recently opened projects

To reduce the list of recently opened projects simply select the unwanted project name and press Delete Item button. This deletes the name of the project from overview list but not the project itself.


Opening the project for the first time

If you are opening a project for the first time and you have not specified a set of plots in the Field-Map Project Manager, then Field-Map first displays a New plot dialog box to establish the

new plot (see Establishing new plot).


Letters ("F", “A”, “S”, “G”, "B") beside the name of the project:


  • "F" stands for a project in FireBird database
  • “A” stands for a project in Access database
  • “S” stands for a project in MS SQL database working on server
  • "G" stands for a project in PostgreSQL database working on server
  • "B" stands for a project in FireBird database working on server


Opening the project from Windows local menu

Field-Map project can be opened in Field-Map data Collector or Field-Map Project Manager from Windows local menu.Use right mouse button on the project folder.



User accounts

If user accounts are set active in Field-Map project Manager, you will be asked to fill your username and password when opening the project in Field-Map Data Collector.


Open a Field-Map project:


    1. Select the name of the project in the list of the most recently used projects
      1. Select the name of the project in the list of the most recently used projects
      2. Click OK



    1. Select More files
      1. Select More Files
      2. Click OK
      3. Browse for the project
      4. Click OK



    1. Select More files
      1. Select More files
      2. Click OK
      3. Tag Direct search and find the Field-Map project manually
      4. Field-Map starts searching for projects on the current drive and shows the result
      5. Double-click the name of the project



    1. After selecting the project to be opened, Backup window appears, which gives the user possibility to make a backup of his project before its opening in new version of Data Collector.



Note: 

When opening an older project in a newer version of Field-Map the backup is automatically created and stored in the same folder (+ subfolder Backup_projectName) as opened project.


When opening an older project that uses an older version of the Firebird database, the database is automatically converted to the new one. Only then is the project structure (meta-database) converted to the new version. We recommend making a manual backup of the entire project before converting the database.