Technical Reference Manual - InduSoft

Creating a New Project
Creating a new project
This task describes how to create a new IWS project, including how to select the product type and default
screen resolution.
1. Click the Application button (in the top-left corner of the development application window), and then click
New on the the Application menu.
The New dialog is displayed.
2. Click the Project tab.
3. In the Project name box, type the name of your project.
Keep the following guidelines in mind:
Project tab of the New dialog
• You must follow the usual Windows naming conventions, particularly regarding the use of special
characters; and
• Do not use spaces in the name if you want to access your project from a Thin Client, because URLs
cannot include spaces.
4. Click Browse to the right of the Location box, and then navigate to the folder where you want to save your
project.
Tip: By default, projects are saved in your Documents folder at C:\Users\username\Documents
\InduSoft Web Studio v7.1 Projects\. To change this default location for future projects,
edit the Default project path setting in the project settings. For more information, see Preferences tab.
5. If you have collaboration enabled and you want to add this project to your source control, select Add new
project to collaboration.
For more information, see About collaboration and source control on page 359.
6. In the Target platform list, select the platform of the computer or embedded device that will host your project
runtime.
Selecting a platform will restrict the list of available product types to only those types that work on the
selected platform. It is not absolutely necessary to creating a new project — if you leave the selection as
(All), then all product types are shown — but it helps you to make the decision.
7. In the Product type list, select the product type for your project.
The product type determines how many tags your project will support, among other things.
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