Projects

A RATS Project is a special file type which allows you to organize a set of calculations. It is a "zip" file which includes a directory record and then a set of other files, which can include:

•Any number of RATS program files (RPF extension)

•Procedure files (SRC extension)

•General text files (such as RATS output files)

•Data files (in any of the formats RATS can handle)

•Graph files

•Report files

At a minimum, a project would typically have a program file and its data file. The advantage of grouping these into a project is that any reference to a file (if the file name does not include an explicit path) will look first within the project. This makes it much easier to port a "project" (in the broader sense) between computers or even between operating systems. In addition, it will typically be easier to send, receive and post working or example programs since everything can be organized into a single overall file.

The directory of the project is displayed in a Project window and most of the operations that apply to it are in the Project menu.