Issue
How do you sort the displayed list of applications and folders within a WorkPlace Tech project? There does not seem to be any order to the displayed files and folders.
Environment
WorkPlace Tech Tool version 4.x
WorkPlace Tech Tool version 5.x.x
Cause
The initial display order for the folders and files contained in the WorkPlace Tech project is a function of Windows and its searching processes. Files added to the project as a group appear in alphabetical order, top to bottom. Folders added to a project as a group are added in reverse alphabetical order. Any new folders and or files will automatically be added to the top of the project list. When a group of folders or files are added to the project, they will be ordered as described above. There is no option for reordering the order of the files and folders in the displayed contents of an existing project
Resolution
The easiest solution to this issue is to import the existing group of application files and folders into a new project. Use the following procedure:
- Open WorkPlace Tech (WPT) and create a new project.
- Close WPT
- Open the existing project folder using the Windows Explorer.
- Select all files and folders in that project folder and copy them to the new project folder.
- Open WPT and open the new project.
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Add the existing files and folders to the new application using the following steps:
- Open "Add Application To Project".
- Select the "Unassigned File" tab
- Make sure all files shown are selected.
- Click the [OK] button to add the selected applications and folders to the project.
This process orders all application files in alphabetical order and all folders into reverse alphabetical order. All applications contained in folders are also placed in alphabetical order.