• <GetStart>
  • CSPro User's Guide
    • The CSPro System
    • Data Dictionary Module
      • Introduction to Data Dictionary
      • Organization
      • Dictionary Concepts
      • Data Dictionary Application
      • How to ...
        • Open an Existing Dictionary Application
        • Move Around a Dictionary
        • View the Dictionary Layout
        • Add Dictionary Elements
        • Modify Dictionary Elements
        • Add or Modify Levels
        • Add or Modify Records
        • Add or Modify Items
        • Add or Modify Value Sets
        • Linked Value Sets
        • Generate Numeric Value Set
        • Add or Modify Values
        • Undo and Redo Changes
        • Select Several Dictionary Elements
        • Insert Dictionary Elements
        • Delete Dictionary Elements
        • Move Dictionary Elements
        • Find Dictionary Elements
        • Document Dictionary Elements
        • Convert Items to Subitems
        • Select Relative or Absolute Positioning
        • Create Dictionary with No Record Types
        • Occurrence Labels
        • Add or Modify Relations
        • Print the Dictionary File
        • Save Dictionary as New File
        • Multiple Language Dictionaries
        • Dictionary Macros
        • Dictionary Analysis
        • Dictionary Security Options
    • The CSPro Language
    • Data Entry Module
    • Batch Editing Applications
    • Tabulation Applications
    • Data Sources
    • CSPro Statements and Functions
    • Templated Reporting System
    • HTML and JavaScript Integration
    • Action Invoker
    • Appendix
  • <CSEntry>
  • <CSBatch>
  • <CSTab>
  • <DataViewer>
  • <TextView>
  • <TblView>
  • <CSFreq>
  • <CSDeploy>
  • <CSPack>
  • <CSDiff>
  • <CSConcat>
  • <Excel2CSPro>
  • <CSExport>
  • <CSIndex>
  • <CSReFmt>
  • <CSSort>
  • <ParadataConcat>
  • <ParadataViewer>
  • <CSCode>
  • <CSDocument>
  • <CSView>
  • <CSWeb>

Open an Existing Dictionary Application

Click on the toolbar, from the File menu select Open, or press Ctrl+O. Select from the "Files of type" at the bottom of the dialog box. In CSPro you can open either an application or a file. Select the name of the file you want to open. Each time you open or create an application or file, it is added to the files tree. Any other files belonging to the application or file will also be opened and added to the appropriate trees.
You may open a data dictionary and make changes to it, even if it already belongs to an application. Be aware that if you later open an application to which it belongs, CSPro will automatically make necessary adjustments in other files. For example, if you delete or rename a dictionary item, then later open an application that contains the data dictionary, any corresponding fields on forms will be deleted.
You may open a forms file and make changes to it, even if it already belongs to an application. However, you will not have access to the associated Logic file and you will not be able to run it.
Any changes you make to applications and files are not made permanent until you save the file or application that you modified.