Dialog call for dialog Back up projects:- You have opened a project. You have selected a project in the page navigator. File > Back up.
- You have set up the project management and selected at least one project in the tree view. Select the Back up popup menu item.
In this dialog, define how and where the selected projects are to be backed up.
- You have opened a project. You have selected a project in the page navigator. File > Extras > Command group Organize > Project > Command group Back up > Create basic project.
- You have set up the project management and marked a project in the tree structure of the project management. Select the Create basic project popup menu item below the [Extras] button.
In this dialog you specify the name and where the selected project is to be saved as a basic project.
Overview of the main dialog elements:
The projects selected for backup are displayed in this list. During the creation of a basic project, only a selected project is displayed here.
In this field you can enter a text description (for example storage location) that is stored with the project or the basic project and that can be displayed from within EPLAN during backup and restore operations.
Define the manner in which the project is to be backed up. The settings affect whether the source project can be further edited and the format of the backup file.
- Save additionally: Only available when backing up projects. The project is backed up to a different storage medium. More than one project can be selected. They will be saved in sequence. Multiple selection of projects is possible in the project management tree view. The *.elk project remains in the same directory. A *.zw1 backup file is also created in the selected backup directory.
- File off for external editing: Only available when backing up projects. The project is backed up to a different storage medium and the source project is write-protected. All data from the filed-off project remains in the original location. The *.elk project becomes a *.els project in the same directory. A *.zw1 backup file is also created in the selected backup directory.
- Archive: Only available when backing up projects. The project is backed up to a different storage medium and, apart from a single information file, the source project is completely deleted from the hard disk. The *.elk project becomes a *.ela project in the same directory. A *.zw1 backup file is also created in the selected backup directory.
- Generate basic project: Only available when creating a basic project. The *.elk project remains in the same directory. A *.zw9 basic project is created additionally in the selected backup directory.
This is where you enter the name of the backup file. The project name is used by default. Click [...] to open the Select backup file dialog and then navigate to the desired directory, or create a new one.
If the project is located either directly in the project directory or in a directory outside the project directory, the project name will be suggested automatically. If the project is in a subdirectory of the project directory, the project name is first suggested in the drop-down list, while the file path below the project directory (separated by dots) and the project name are the second suggestion.
If several projects are backed up, it is not possible to edit this field, and the project names in each instance will be used as the backup file names.
A maximum of 260 characters is permitted for the file name including file path.
Enter the storage location here. You can specify any drive and subdirectory as the target. If you selected a directory in the Backup file name field, this directory is displayed here. Click 
to open the dialog for choosing a directory and then navigate to the desired directory, or create a new one.
You can use the Insert path variable popup menu item to branch to the dialog Select path variable where you can select one of the available path variables.
Automatically copy referenced files:
If this check box is activated, non-stored, referenced external documents and image files are stored in the project or the basic project. The corresponding files are automatically copied into the subdirectories ...\<Project name>\DOC\*.* and ...\<Project name>\Images\*.*. Each stored file is stored in a separate subdirectory whose directory name is derived from the source directory name. Manually stored files are identified by a preceding "M" in the directory name.
Opens the dialog Copy referenced files manually into the project. Here you can manually copy referenced files (external documents, image files, etc.) into the current project or the basic project to be created.
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