Opening a NS Designer V6.02 Project

[Iautom8]

I recently received three (3) NS Designer files from a customer for modification (I can not upload because of confidentiality reasons). However, when I open the .ipp files a window pops up that asks me to choose a screen to open. However, all the screens are blank. When I do choose a screen NS Designer asks if I want to use an existing screen or create a new one. Looking in the folder that is associated with the .ipp file all the screens are present. I just don't know if the .ipp file is recognizing the folder that houses all the screens. I have seen this before in the past, but since I have not used Omron in the last couple of years, I have forgotten a lot. Has anyone experienced this in the past, and what could be the resolution? Thanks.

[PdL]

The folder and *.ipp file should be named identically, and the *.ipp file and project folder should both be in the same directory. E.g. c:\my projects\NSproject\ would be the data folder and the *.ipp file should be c:\my projects\NSproject.ipp Hope this makes sense?

[Iautom8]

Yes, this makes sense! The .ipp file and folder were in the same folder. The issue turned out to be that the screens were zipped in a different folder than the .ini files. For example: HMI/Sta10/Sta10_V004/Sta10_V004 Where Sta10 folder contained the .ipp file and the folder Sta10_V004 with the .ini files. The second Sta10_V004 contained the screens only. NS Designer would not "dig deep" enough to get to the second Sta10_V004 folder which contained the screens. I copied all the screens and pasted them up one level, so to speak, with the .ini files and now the projects open with no problems. Thank you for you help.

[PdL]

The reason the *.ipp file was located in the data folder could be that it was already an upload copy or a copy from a memory card after the project was transferred by NS Designer for download purposes despite you perhaps didn't make the upload/download yourself. When NS designer downloads the files to a terminal or to a memory card, it puts the *.ipp file in the data folder. But for editing the project it needs to be next and not in the data folder. Hope this clears up a little bit!