The catalog for the currently selected DSS file can be printed or viewed in a separate window. For example, the catalog could be displayed as a sorted list or by pathname parts. From the View menu the user can determine how the catalog will display the pathnames. For further printing of DSS catalogs, see Chapter 4.Ī catalog for the DSS file consists of a list of the pathnames contained in the file, similar to what is displayed in the DSS Pathname list area. You can print the catalog of a DSS file directly ( Print Catalog) or you can preview what the catalog will look like before you print ( Print Catalog Preview). They will be automatically re-opened on the next access. HEC-DSS will automatically close un-accessed file files after about a minute. Some older MS-DOS programs exclusively locked HEC-DSS files. Note: HEC-DSS is a multi-user database system. This will allow some older MS-DOS based programs to access the file or for you to rename or delete the file. To close the currently selected HEC-DSS database file, from the File menu, click Close. The name of the file you have selected will now appear in the File name box, and the pathnames of the records contained in the file will display in the List of HEC-DSS Pathnames.
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Note: If you know the name of the HEC-DSS database file you wish to open, you can type the file name (including the path) directly into the File Name box on the main DSSVue window.įrom the Open HEC-DSS File browser, use the standard Windows controls to browse to the HEC-DSS file that you wish to open, click Open. The Open HEC-DSS File browser will display, shown below. To open a DSS file, from the File menu, click Open.
* Note: If you copy records from an existing file, a new DSS file will be created automatically if one does not already exist. Data can then be added using the tools located under the Data Entry menu, copied in through the many different plug-ins available, or copied from other DSS files*. Type in a name for the new file in the File name box and then click the Create button.Ī new HEC-DSSVue file will be created in the location you selected. When the Create new HEC-DSS File dialog box opens, select where you would like to create the file using the Look in list or file icons. To create a new HEC-DSS database file, from the File menu, click New. The following sections discuss these operations in detail. If you are running HEC-DSSVue in a client-server mode, you can Open a Remote file or create a New Remote file. HEC-DSSVue's File menu allows you to create a New HEC-DSS file, Open an existing HEC-DSS file, Close DSS File(s) you have opened, show the Print Catalog Preview, Print Catalog, open a recently viewed file, and Exit the program.