.. C-Munipack - User's manual

   Copyright 2012 David Motl

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   $Id: new_project_dialog.rst,v 1.3 2012/11/17 08:31:55 dmotl Exp $

.. index::
   pair: New project; dialog

.. _new-project-dialog:

New project (dialog)
=======================

The `New project` dialog is used to enter name, location and select a type of a new
project.


Activating the dialog
---------------------

The dialog can be activated:

.. |newproject_icon| image:: ../../share/icons/newproject.png

#. from the main menu: :menuselection:`Project --> New`.

#. from the main toolbar: |newproject_icon|


The dialog controls
-------------------

.. figure:: images/newproject_couts.png
   :align: center
   :alt: New project dialog
   
   The "New project" dialog
   
\(1) Enter a project name. Because the name of the file that keeps track of the data related to the 
project, the project file, is derived from the name, some characters cannot appear in the project name, 
do not use: / \ ? % * : | " < and >.

The entry (2) shows a path to the directory where a new project will be created. You can edit the path 
directly in the entry field or you can also click the :guilabel:`Browse` button to select a directory 
in a separate dialog.

\(3) The list of available project types is displayed here. Project types were designed to limit the amount 
of control that are shown in application.

\(4) Click the button to continue; this dialog is followed by the :ref:`load-profile-dialog`.


.. seealso:: :ref:`projects`, :ref:`profiles`, :ref:`load-profile-dialog`.