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Updating settings files
You can add pictures, icons, and sounds to the settings file, and add or customize forms. When you are finished customizing the settings file, choose File > Save to save your changes.
To undo all changes you have made to the settings file in the current session, choose File > Revert to Original. The settings file reverts to the version that you started with at the beginning of your session.
 For the Revert to Original command to work, you must have "Create backup" selected in your
preferences.Saving settings files automatically
To make FirstClass Designer save your settings file periodically as you work on it, select the "Autosave" preference. Specify the time between saves at "Interval".
For FirstClass Designer to save changes to a settings file automatically, you must have "Autosave"
selected before you open the settings file.The temporary file created when Designer does an automatic save begins with $~. If your system goes down while you are working in FirstClass Designer, you can rename this file to act as a replacement for your settings file. This will save all the changes you made prior to the latest automatic save.
Creating backups
To make FirstClass Designer create a duplicate of a settings file whenever you open it, select the "Create backup" preference. The duplicate has a .bak extension.
This allows you to discard all changes you made in your current session and revert to the version of the settings file with which you started the session.
A note on disk space usage
If you are short on disk space, consider how much extra space will be required when these preferences are selected. Selecting one of these preferences causes the settings file to require twice as much disk space. Selecting both preferences causes the settings file to require three times as much disk space.
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