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| Resources</H1> |
| <p CLASS="Head"> <i>Resources</i> is a collective term for the projects, folders, |
| and files that exist in the Workbench. The navigation views provide a hierarchical |
| view of resources and allows you to open them for editing. Other tools may display |
| and handle these resources differently. </p> |
| <p CLASS="Head">There are three basic types of resources that exist in the |
| Workbench:</p> |
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| <dt>Files</dt> |
| <dd>Comparable to files as you see them in the file system. </dd> |
| <dt>Folders</dt> |
| <dd>Comparable to directories on a file system. In the Workbench, |
| folders are contained in projects or other folders. Folders can contain |
| files and other folders.</dd> |
| <dt>Projects</dt> |
| <dd>Contain folders and files. Projects are used for builds, version |
| management, sharing, and resource organization. Like folders, projects map |
| to directories in the file system. (When you create a project, you specify a |
| location for it in the file system.)</dd> |
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| <dd>A project is either open or closed. When a project is closed, it cannot be |
| changed in the Workbench. The resources of a closed project will not |
| appear in the Workbench, but the resources still reside on the local file |
| system. Closed projects require less memory. Since they are not |
| examined during builds, closing a project can improve build time.</dd><dd>When a project is open, the structure of the project can be changed and |
| you will see the contents. </dd> |
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| Folders and files can be linked to locations in the file system |
| outside of the project's location. These special folders and files are called |
| <a href="concepts-13.htm">linked resources</a>. |
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| <p>Different tools that plug into the Workbench use their own specialized types |
| of projects, folders, and files. </p> |
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| <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelc.png" alt="Related concepts" ><br> |
| <a href="concepts-2.htm">Workbench</a><br> |
| <a href="cnav.htm">Project Explorer view</a><br> |
| <a href="concepts-17.htm">Resource hierarchies</a><br> |
| <a href="concepts-13.htm">Linked resources</a><br> |
| <a href="concepts-22.htm">Builds</a> |
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| <a href="../tasks/tasks-53.xhtml">Importing resources into the Workbench</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-42.htm">Creating a project</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-43.htm">Creating a folder</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-44.htm">Creating a file</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-45.htm">Creating linked resources</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-47.htm">Closing projects</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-49.htm">Viewing resource properties</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-46ag.htm">Finding a resource quickly</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-63cg.htm">Copying resources</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-63.htm">Moving resources</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-68.htm">Comparing resources</a><br> |
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