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The File Manager is used for managing foreground vector data maps, background vector data maps and background raster maps.

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File Manager is used for managing foreground vector data maps (eg. .SBF) in a DataSpace, as follows:

• Indicate which maps are contained in the current DataSpace and display a summary of their contents.
• Indicate when a map has been modified but not saved.
• List the contents of any of the open maps.
• Save all items in any of the open maps by over-writing the source file.
• Save to a specified map file.
• Close any map file, or a number of specified map files.
• Read, create or edit a file-note for any of the open .SBF maps. A file-note is used to record important or relevant details about a map. A file-note can be amended as required so that updates to a map can be recorded.

File Manager is used also for managing background vector data maps (eg. .CMF) and background raster maps (eg. .bmp) in a DataSpace, as follows:

• Indicate which maps are contained in a map window.
• Extract CMF data to the active DataSpace.
• Toggle CMF drawing options.
• Show raster at best scale
• Close any of the maps.

The File Manager window is dockable inside its related map window.

For specifying how DataSpaces are displayed, see Environment Manager

1. How to start

1. Use the menu option: View > File Manager
2. The File Manager window is displayed:
   
3. Note that the File Manager window is split into a top and bottom section. You can resize the sections by clicking and dragging the horizontal bar that splits the two sections.

To aid in the description of the File Manager, we will refer to the top section of the window as the Tree View section and the bottom section of the window as the Details section.

2. Display a list of open map files and summary of map contents

Displaying a list

1. The File Manager window is displayed with the following three entries in the Tree View section:
   • Foreground data
   • Background vector
   • Background raster
2. A tree control is used (as in Windows Explorer) in the Tree View section , and [+] is shown at the left of an entry when file(s) of a related type are available (i.e. open in the map).
3. Click the [+] symbol to show a tree-list of these open files. When the list is open, the [+] symbol is replaced by a [-] symbol. Click the [-] symbol to close the list.

Viewing a map-contents summary

When the file name of a map is highlighted in the Tree View section, a summary of its contents appears in a table in the Details section of the File Manager window. This summary indicates the following:

• Total Items - The number of items in the map (before any items are added or deleted)
• Read Only - Whether the map was opened or set as read-only (yes/no)
• Path - The full path of the map file (e.g. C:\StruMap\Data\maps\TB\TB1622SW.sbf)
• New Items Added - Whether new items have been added to the map (yes/no)
• New Items - The number of items that have been added since the map was last saved
• Modified Items - The number of items that have been modified since the map was last saved
• Modified - Whether existing items in the map file have been modified (yes/no)
  
• Deleted Items - The number of items that have been deleted since the map was last saved
• AutoLoaded - Whether a map is an AutoLoad tile (yes/no)

When an item in a map has been added, a New* entry is listed immediately below the file name of the map in the tree list in the Tree View section, however, if file association is configured, new items will be added to the appropriate map files automatically, hence the New* entry will not be displayed.

In order to view the details of any new map items, Click New* - details of the changes are then shown in the Details section of the dialog.

3. Save a specified map file

1. In the Tree View section of the File Manager window, right-click the file name of the required map.
2. Click Save in the right-click menu that opens. The file is saved (no confirmation message is given).

4. Save a specified map file to a new file

1. In the Tree View section of the File Manager window, right-click the file name of the required map.
2. Click Save As in the right-click menu that opens.
3. The Save As dialog appears. Use this to specify the file name.
4. Click Save. The unsaved version of the map remains displayed and the entries in the File Manager window remain unchanged. To work in the newly saved version, close the unsaved version and open the newly saved version.

5. Set / Clear read only

You can configure any of the Foreground data (SBF) files to be read only - this means that you cannot add, delete or edit items in the specified map file(s). This option is not available to files that have been modified in the current session.

1. In the Tree View section of the File Manager window, right-click the file name of the required map.
2. Click Set Read Only in the right-click menu that opens.
3. The specified map is now read only, as indicated in the Read Only entry in the Details section of the File Manager window.
4. To clear the read only status of a file (i.e. return the file to read/write status), right-click the file name of the required map and click Clear Read Only in the right-click menu that opens. The file is now editable.

6. Zoom to file extents

In order to zoom to the extents of the data in a particular SBF file, in the Tree View section of the File Manager window, right-click the file name of the required map and click Zoom to File Extents in the right-click menu that opens.

7. Open explorer window

In order to open Window Explorer to view and manage the map files, in the Tree View section of the File Manager window, right-click the file name of the required map and click Open Explorer Window in the right-click menu that opens.

8. List the contents of a map file

1. In the Tree View section of the File Manager window, right-click the file name of the required map.
2. Click List Items in the right-click menu that opens.
3. The Query Results list is displayed, containing a list of every item contained in the highlighted map file name.

9. Read, create or edit a file-note

1. In the Tree View section of the File Manager window, right-click the file name of the required map.
2. Click Edit Note in the menu that appears. The Edit File Note dialog is displayed.
3. Read the contents and/or type the required information.
4. Click OK. Any changes are saved.

10. Close map file(s)

If required, save any changes as described above, you will not be prompted to save a map file before it is closed.

Closing an individual map file

1. In the Tree View section of the File Manager window, right-click the file name of the required map.
2. Click Close File in the right-click menu that opens.
3. The specified map is removed from the DataSpace.

Closing a number of map files of the same type

1. In the Tree View section of the File Manager window, Specify more than one map file name by using the [Shift] or [Ctrl] keyboard keys in conjunction with the mouse as required.
2. Right-click, then click Close File.
3. Each highlighted map is removed from the DataSpace.
   

11. Extract CMF data to the active DataSpace

Use this option to extract the entire contents of the specified CMF file to the active DataSpace. This differs from the standard CMF extract tool in that no option is given to specify individual CMF items by feature - see CMF extract.

1. In the Tree View section of the File Manager window, right-click the file name of the required map.
2. Click Extract in the right-click menu that opens.
3. The specified CMF file is extracted to the current DataSpace. Note that the data is removed from the CMF space.

12. Toggle CMF settings

These options can be used to toggle the CMF settings as available in the StruMap Settings dialog.

1. In the Tree View section of the File Manager window, right-click the file name of the required map.
2. Click Toggle CMF Gray or Toggle CMF Visibility as required in the right-click menu that opens.
3. The specified display option is toggled.

13. Show raster at best scale

This option will reset the current map zoom level to show the background raster image at its optimum zoom level (i.e. one pixel on the raster is one pixel in the map window).

1. In the Tree View section of the File Manager window, right-click the file name of the required map.
2. Click Show at best scale in the right-click menu that opens.
3. The specified map window zoom level is set to the optimum level for the raster image.

Version 5.2.0.051, release date: 07 March 2007