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In Project view, the FileView tab shows relationships among the projects and files included in the workspace. The relationships shown on the FileView tab are logical relationships, not physical relationships, and do not reflect the organization of files on your hard disk.

The icons used also give you information about the files. If you have installed a source-code control system that conforms to the Microsoft® Source Code Control Interface, the icons also represent some source-code control states. For example, grayed means that a file is under source-code control, and a check next to the icon for a file indicates that you have the file checked out.

For more information about the icons used on the FileView tab, see Object Icon Types.

In projects for programming languages, FileView shows the relationships of the source files and the dependent files used to build all project configurations. The active project is the project that is built when you use the Build or Rebuild All commands, and is indicated in FileView with bold type. You can select a different active project by using the Set Active Project command on the Project menu. The active configuration determines which set of build options is used when you build the active project. You can select a different active configuration by using the Set Active Configuration command on the Build menu.

The FileView window provides a graphical environment for creating, viewing, and editing local files in a database project. Your database projects appear in the FileView window as a tree.

In the FileView window you can do the following tasks:

  • View the files and folders in your database projects.
  • Manage your files. For example, you can add, move, rename, copy, and delete files.

The FileView window lists the following types of items:

  • Database projects
  • Data connections
  • Database queries

The FileView window also lists all of the files and folders for each data source in your database projects. You can expand each folder to see the files that are stored inside. This feature is especially useful for managing your files. For example, you can do the following tasks:

  • Open a folder that contains a file you want to move or copy.
  • Select a file and move or copy it into another folder.
  • Double-click a file to open it in the workspace.
  • Create, rename, or delete files and folders.

If you want to view only files and folders for a specific database project, you can collapse the database projects that you do not want to see. You can also choose which project you want to set as the active database project.

See Also

Building a Project | Workspace Window | Windows and Document Views

 Last updated on Wednesday, April 14, 2004

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