Reorganizing Project Structure

You can add, delete, rename, or move files or folders in the Project Explorer. When you rename or move items, the changes are applied immediately to both the master application and the local application whether your project is in master or local mode. Other developers who have the project open can see the changes applied to the master application after they refresh their Project Explorer.

Caution If the local application is out of synch with the master version, operations to reorganize the project may fail. You might want to refresh or synchronize your project before reorganizing the project.

Reorganizing a project also affects the links in the files. Files that you rename, delete, or move are called target files. Files that link to the target files are called referring files.

You can choose whether referring files are updated to reflect the changes you make to target files. By default, you are prompted to update the referring files. For more information about setting link repair options, see Repairing Links.

To delete files or folders

In the Project Explorer, choose files or folders you want to delete.
From the Edit menu, choose Delete.

You might need to change the names of files or folders.

To rename files or folders

In the Project Explorer, choose the file you want to rename.
On the File menu, choose Rename, and then type the new name.

Note If you have a working copy of a file, you need to release it before you are allowed to rename it.

You might want to change the location of files or folders in your Web application.

To move files or folders

Make sure working copies of the files are released.
In the Project Explorer, select the files or folder and then drag them to the destination within the Project Explorer.

You might want to copy files or folders in your Web application.

To copy files or folders

In the Project Explorer, select the files or folder you want to copy.
Press CTRL and then drag them to the destination within the Project Explorer.