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You can view and manage which files are in the project by clicking on the new Project button on a toolbar or by navigating in the menu bar to Settings | Change | Project Description property page. In both cases, the Project Settings page comes up, which now includes the following inputs. .
Absolute maximum no of files
When a project is opened through Open or Open Project it also opens up files in the project. The maximum number of files that a project can open is set in the Maximum number of files to open when opening project spin control. The upper limit of the maximum number of files to open is 30.
Maximum no of files open
The default maximum number of files that are open when a project is open is different depending on the project. It is at least 1, but can be at most 30, the absolute maximum number of files.
Project List
The Project Description dialog page also provides a multi-select list box that allows you to view files in the project, as well as files that do not have a file location and are unsaved.
First listed are files that have been previously saved to disk and have a file location. The rules of how this file is displayed are as follows:
Files that are currently open in the program are indicated with a *
Only the filename is used if the file resides in the same folder as the project file
If the file resides in a different folder than the project file, the absolute file path (including the file location) is used to display in the list box
Next listed are files that are new files that have not been saved to disk (and thus do not have a file location). These files are displayed with the title of the document e.g. Beam1 enclosed in square brackets [].
Since this listbox allows the selection of multiple items, operations related to managing a project can be applied to multiple files at a time.
Remove from Project
This button is enabled only when there is an item selected in the Project Description listbox. For each file that is selected in the list box it:
Closes each file, prompting only if it has been modified, the same as Close File behaviour as in g)ii.
For each file closed this way, the file also is removed from the project. Note that new files that have not yet been saved are simply closed (since they were never part of the project).
If you click 'cancel' in any of the prompts, the process of removing from the project is halted.
Open
This button is enabled only when there is an item selected in the Project Description listbox. For each file that is selected in the list box it opens each file if the file has not yet already been opened.
The first file that is selected in the list box (that is, the topmost file), regardless of whether or not it was opened prior to you clicking on the open button, is activated.
Close
This button is enabled only when there is an item selected in the Project Description listbox and that is also open (this can either be a file marked with a * or a file enclosed in square brackets []).
For each file that is selected in the list box, it closes each file, prompting only if it has been modified.
If you click 'cancel' in any of the prompts, the process of closing files from the project halts.