Project Closing

Closing a Project

To close an open project, choose File > Close Project from the top menu bar. After all projects are closed, the dialog box shown in Figure 1 is displayed. You can open the latest project based on the records on the right, click Open to import an existing project, or click New Project to create a project as required.

Figure 1 Welcome page

Opening a Recent Project

After all projects are closed, you can open the recently used project in either of the following ways:

• Choose File > Open Recent > Manage Projects... from the top menu bar. On the displayed page, choose the project you want to open.
• Choose File > Open Recent from the top menu bar. On the displayed page, choose the project you want to open, for example, the project shown in Figure 2.
  Figure 2 Opening a project
  
  

  If a project has code risks, the trust window is displayed when you open the project.

  • If the project source code is trusted and secure, click Trust Project. (You can select Trust projects in <workspace_directory> to trust all projects in the directory.)
  • If the project is not trusted and you only want to view the source code, click Preview in Safe Mode to preview the project in safe mode.
  • To cancel opening the project, click Don't Open.

  If there is already an active project in the window, the message shown in Figure 3 will be displayed.

  Figure 3 Prompt for opening a new project
  

  • Click This Window to open the created project in the current window.
  • Click New Window to open the created project in a new window.

Removing Recent Project Records

After all projects are closed, you can remove the records of the recently opened projects as required in either of the following ways:

• In the right pane of the MindStudio welcome page, hover the cursor over the project to be removed and click on the right, or right-click the project and choose Remove from Recent Projects from the shortcut menu.
• On the project page, choose File > Open Recent > Manage Projects... from the top menu bar. In the dialog box shown in Figure 4, hover the cursor over the project to be removed and click on the right, or right-click the project and choose Remove from Recent Projects from the shortcut menu.
  Figure 4 Recent projects