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Project files are ATHENA's mechanism for saving the state of an analysis project. The project selection dialog, shown below, provides a way of selectively importing part or all of the contents of the project file.
The project selection dialog.
Project files, like any other files are imported using the file selection dialog. ATHENA will recognize a project file and present the project selection dialog.
The contents of the project file are listed on the left side of the dialog. The contents of the journal are listed in the box at the top right. When you click on one of the data groups in the list on the left, it gets plotted and its title lines are inserted into the box at the lower right. Using these parts of the dialog, you can examine the contents of your project file before importing them into ATHENA.
By selecting some of the projects from the list, you can import a subset of the project file. The group listing uses extended selection:
Additionally the buttons labeled “All”, and “None” can be used to select all groups or to clear the selection. The “Invert” button will invert the selection of each group.
Once you have selected the groups you want to import, click the “Import” button. If no groups are selected then all the groups will be imported.
ATHENA checks for project files that have become damaged. When it recognizes a damaged file, it will extract what information is salvageable and insert those groups in the group list. It will then issue an error message with a brief hint about the problem. That error message is inserted into the titles box in scary red text.
