- Add Items to a Package
- Add Items to a Package
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- You can add one or more files and/or folders to a package document from any drive on your computer or local network. The files/folders that you add to packages are not removed from your local computer/server unless you specifically choose to remove them, rather than copying them.
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- You can also add both files and folders to a package by copying or moving them from their location on your computer or network to an open package using one of the following procedures:
- Drag-and-drop from a window on your computer to an open package to create new copies of the files/folders
- Copy from a window on your computer and paste in an open package to create new copies of the files/folders
- Hold SHIFT and drag-and-drop from a window on your computer to an open package to move the files/folders from your computer to the package
- Cut from a window on your computer and paste in an open package to move the files/folders from your computer to the package
- When copying files and folders with very long, complicated names from your computer to a package, the Package Editor might truncate some file and folder names to an 8.3 (MS-DOS compatible) file format. After copying such files and folders, check the copies in the package.
- Warning!
- When adding items to a package, file and folder names at the same level within a package must be unique. Therefore, if you attempt to add a file with a duplicate name to the same folder in a package, you are prompted to replace the original with the new file. If two distinct package files must keep the same name, you can either create a new package for the additional file or create a separate folder for it in the same package.
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- Edit
- Add Files
- In the Open dialog box, browse your computer or network to select the file(s) you want to add to the package.
- the package.
- Save
- To add files and folders to a package:
- Organize your desktop so that you can simultaneously view both the package open in the Developer window and a Windows Explorer window.
- In Windows Explorer, navigate to a source directory on your computer or server and select the files/folders that you want to include in the package.
- Copy and paste or drag-and-drop the selected files/folders into the Package Editor tab.
- Edit
- Add folder
- OK
- the package.
- Save