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The Project Manager provides the user with the following options using the buttons on the right hand side of the dialog window:
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Create a new project using the project wizard.
Add projects located on the local or a network drive to the list of available projects.
Project Renaming: Click this button after you have selected the corresponding project in the list of available projects. This will bring up a new small dialog box where you can enter and confirm the new project name. A project which is currently loaded in WinCan VX can also be directly renamed.
Project Deletion: First highlight the project in the list of available projects before you click this button. You can then either confirm or reject the delete action in the message box that follows. WinCan only deletes the project links from the project manager's list. The project itself has to be deleted in the Windows-Explorer!
Project Properties: Clicking on the Project Properties button displays a panel that shows the project type as well as options for user access control. Unchecking the option Global Visible (5a) enables the check boxes in the list field below (5b) where the availability of the the project can be set for specific user groups. Additionally, the Project Memo (RTF) window on the right hand side of the panel (5c) allows the user to free-type and format notes about the project for inclusion in the final outputs.
Oracle/SQL Server Setup: If this button is not in view, go to the File menu of the dialog window and select Expert Mode. The setup of this command is for expert users typically running very large projects from multiple CCTV sources. Expertise can be sought from WinCan if help is needed with establishing these types of projects.
Undo Delete: This command allows the user either to restore deleted database records (1) or to have them deleted definitely (2) from the database:
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Clicking the buttons to the left allows the user to select or deselect all records which have been deleted from the database and need to be restored.
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The WinCan main screen provides a quick access to the project list available inside the project manager. This view also allows the user to create groups which existing projects can be assigned to: Right-click on the basic folder Unassigned, create (1) and rename (2) as many folders (groups) as needed and drag the corresponding projects from the list directly to the desired folder (3).
Always mind that you lay the mouse pointer over the project symbol (4) before you drag the object to the target folder:
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Existing folders can be moved and deleted or renamed via the contect context menu (5). When deleting a folder, WinCan is automatically going to move any projects back to the basic folder Unassigned.
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At the end of the folder list an arrow button (6) is giving access to another command group. Select the command Project list options (7) to edit the order of the folders (8) or to specify folders you want to hide (9).
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To quickly look for a specific project, simply type a part of the project name into the search field located below the group list (10) and WinCan is going to filter out the corresponding project(s) directly (11).
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Closing Project
The Close Project button ends the current project and saves all changes in their respective directories. This is a convenient option, which tales the se back to the main screen for new projects with WinCan VX in a neutral state.
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Refreshing Project
The Refresh Project command helps the user to update the current project. This is useful at various times during project work including refreshing the outputs to WinCan Map and after merging data from other projects.
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