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dlg_app_new_project_start_page

Application Menu > New Project...

Commandline: np

Explanation

WireCAD Projects are a loosely coupled collection of files, folders and databases. The New Project Wizard will guide you through the steps of creating a new Project with several different options for different database types.

•	Choose Database Page Options

•	Name, Description, Location Page Options

•	Database Host Page Options

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•	Finalization

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Create a new Project

Create a new SQL Project

Dialog Options

Item	Description
Navigate Forward
Navigate Backward

dlg_app_new_project_choose_db

Explanation

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Choose your Database Type

Choose Database Page Options

Item	Description
Use File Based Local or Network Share Database (VISTADB)	File based databases.
Use Database Server (SQL Server)	You will need the host name and log in info to proceed.
Use SQL Azure (cloud storage)	You will need a Microsoft Azure account for this option. Don't have one? Contact us. We can help.

dlg_app_new_project_project_name

Explanation

Name, describe and locate the project.

NOTE: SQL, and SQL Azure do not like project names that start with a number.

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Default Project Location

Name, Description, Location Page Options

Item	Description
Name	50 Characters max. Must not have any operating system illegal characters. We also recommend not using the ['] apostrophe.
Description	Required
Project Files Path	Pulled from the Settings, you can change it here.
Project Lead Person	Who is in charge here.

dlg_app_new_project_sql_host

Explanation

How do we log in to the SQL Server. There is a subtle distinction to be made between SQL And SQL Azure:

•	SQL Server the database name will be the Project Name.

•	SQL Azure the database name will be the name you gave your SQL Azure database. We will create a schema on that database with the project name as the schema name.

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Choose your Database Type

Database Host Page Options

Item	Description
Host Name	The host name and instance of your SQL Server
Database Name	The database name. See the explanation above.
Use Windows Security	Not valid on SQL Azure.
User Name and Password
Test	Can we connect?

dlg_app_new_project_finish

Finalization

Clicking Finish starts the project creation process. Make sure that at the end the log tells you that it finished. If not the project was not properly created and you may experience errors later.