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Introduction

Earlier versions of TIBCO Designer offered three options for saving projects:

•	Multi-file Project—The format currently used for TIBCO Designer projects. This format uses one file for each top-level resource. The top-level resource may contain other resources. For example, each adapter configuration is represented by one file, which includes the services inside the file.

Multi-file projects are well suited for development because file sharing and using a version control system is supported, and because loading them at design-time is usually faster.

•	File Repository—A legacy format that saved the project as a single .dat file.

•	Server Repository—A single-file project (.dat file) managed by an Administration Server.

If you are using TIBCO Administrator for security in conjunction with server-based single-file projects, the user saving the project must have write permission to add the project to the server.

Using multi-file projects is recommended. In conjunction with a version-control system, multi-file projects offer the benefit of easy collaboration by several developers and backups as needed.

Because many TIBCO developers still work with projects in .dat format, however, TIBCO Designer includes the following facilities:

•	Use the startup panel buttons to convert file to .dat and .dat to file.

•	Import a file repository or server repository into an existing project. See Importing a Project.

•	Import resources from file repository or server repository into an existing project. See Importing Resources.

•	Export a project as a file repository or server repository. See Exporting Resources

•	Export resources from a project. See Exporting Resources.

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