Open Project

MorphoJ can save entire projects with all the datasets and analyses contained in them in a file in XML format (see Save Project As and Save Project). By default, these files have the extension .morphoj, but this extension is not necessary for use by MorphoJ (it is meant to minimise mix-ups by users). These files can be loaded back into MorphoJ to continue the work at the point where it was saved to the file.

To open a file with an existing project into MorphoJ, select Open Project from the File menu.

If a project is already open, the following warning will appear:

Selecting No will abort the sequence and return to the previous state of the program. Selecting Yes will discard the current project and its contents (so it might be a good idea to save it first).

If there is no open project or if the Yes button was selected in the warning dialog, the following dialog box will appear:

Selecting the file to open and clicking the Open button will start the process of loading the file. For large projects, this may take a few moments. Clicking the Cancel button will close the dialog box and return the program to its previous state.

Note on the file type

The files used by MorphoJ to save projects are special XML files. As XML files, they are encoded so that transfer between different platforms, for instance from Windows to Mac OS X or vice versa, should be possible.

These files should not be edited by users. The exact arrangement of parts is critical for whether the files can be read by MorphoJ. Therefore, editing may destroy the functionality of a file.

For sending project files by E-mail, it is advantageous to compress them into a ZIP file or a similar file format. This reduces the file size (the project files can get quite big!) and it also reduces the risk that the file is corrupted during the transfer.