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There are several ways of opening an existing Flowcode flowchart.
 
There are several ways of opening an existing Flowcode flowchart.
  
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# Select the 'Open' option from the 'File' menu (File > Open), click on the 'Open' [[File:Btn_Open.png|border]] button from the [[Tools and Views#10) Main Toolbar|main toolbar]] or press '''Ctrl+O''' on your keyboard. This will allow you to browse for the file you want.
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# Select 'File' menu then select 'Open Project' option (File > Open Project), or press '''Ctrl+O''' on your keyboard. This will allow you to browse for the file you want.
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# Select the file from the list of most recently used files at the bottom of the 'File' menu.
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# Select 'File' menu then choose from the list of 'Recent Documents'.
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# Double click on a flowchart file in  Windows Explorer to launch Flowcode and open the file.
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# Double-click on a flowchart file in  Windows Explorer to launch Flowcode and open the file.
 
# Drag a file from Windows Explorer into the Flowcode application when it has no dialogue boxes open to load the file.
 
# Drag a file from Windows Explorer into the Flowcode application when it has no dialogue boxes open to load the file.
  
 
==Saving a Flowcode Project==
 
==Saving a Flowcode Project==
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To save a flowchart, either select the 'Save' or 'Save As' options from the File Menu (File > Save / Save As), click the 'Save' [[File:Btn_Save.png|border]] button on the main toolbar or press '''Ctrl+S''' on the keyboard. Flowcharts must be saved before they can be compiled to C or [[Compiling a Flowchart to a Chip|transferred to a microcontroller]].
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To save a flowchart, either select the 'Save' or 'Save As' options from the File Menu (File > Save / Save As), click the 'Save' [[File:Btn_Save.png|border]] button on the left, above the ribbon menus or press '''Ctrl+S''' on the keyboard. Flowcharts must be saved before they can be compiled to C or [[Compiling a Flowchart to a Chip|transferred to a microcontroller]].
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==Autosave==
 
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Flowcode has a built in auto-save feature built into it where it will save your project file periodically to a backup file labelled the same as your current project but with the ''.fcbx'' file suffix. You can set how often this autosave feature happens in the [[Global_Options|Global Options]] in Flowcode.
 

Latest revision as of 11:12, 29 November 2022

Opening a Flowcode Project

There are several ways of opening an existing Flowcode flowchart.

  1. Select 'File' menu then select 'Open Project' option (File > Open Project), or press Ctrl+O on your keyboard. This will allow you to browse for the file you want.
  2. Select 'File' menu then choose from the list of 'Recent Documents'.
  3. Double-click on a flowchart file in Windows Explorer to launch Flowcode and open the file.
  4. Drag a file from Windows Explorer into the Flowcode application when it has no dialogue boxes open to load the file.

Saving a Flowcode Project

To save a flowchart, either select the 'Save' or 'Save As' options from the File Menu (File > Save / Save As), click the 'Save' Btn Save.png button on the left, above the ribbon menus or press Ctrl+S on the keyboard. Flowcharts must be saved before they can be compiled to C or transferred to a microcontroller.

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