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I wish that when I go to open a file in DataCAD that the last file I opened (since I have had the program open) would be highlighted.
Sometimes when I have a folder with many DataCAD files and I am working in many of them at a time it is hard to remember which was the last opened.

Small but helpful.

Greetings,

Do you use the Recent File, and the Recent Folder lists? If so, you can add these lines to your DcadWin.INI file to get them each to show up to 10 items (up from the default 4):



Add the Max=10 to these existing sections -- do not add a duplicate section.

Just add to Neil's post, the last used file is at the top of the recent file list followed by other recently used files in chronological order.

HTH

Neil Blanchard wrote:Greetings,

Do you use the Recent File, and the Recent Folder lists?

No, I just use open. I like to see all the files in the folder.
On occasion I use the Recent file.
I would like it to either highlight the last file in that folder or have it already selected... this is what AutoCAD does and it is very helpful.

I hope that was more clear.

Hello,

Well, for now I would recommend using the Recent File list more often!

The filename field of any Open or Save Dialog box is also a DropDown field. Simply use the drop down to select from a list of last opened files. You can even select a file from a different location. The windows dialogs updates this list based on the file-type extension. This works great when working with bitmaps/o2c/dc5/sm3.
This is a standard Windows Dialog operation.