Managing BarTender Files and Folders

As an administrator, you can specify where BarTender will store application-specific files. You can also set the default directories where BarTender will save and retrieve documents, images, and scripts. If you are running the Enterprise Automation edition of BarTender, you can use Librarian for file revision control and workflow.

The File Location page in Administration Console defines all of these locations, whether they are on your local PC, somewhere on the network, or stored in Librarian. All of the defined locations can be transferred between installed instances of BarTender. To save the current locations in an XML file, select Export Settings, and then browse to the destination directory that you want. After it is saved, the XML file can be loaded into another instance of BarTender by using the Import Settings option.

In Administration Console, select the File Locations node to open the corresponding page.
Locate and then select the folder or file location that you want to set. For a full list of available categories, refer to the File Locations topic in the Administration Console help system.
Click Change Location.
Browse to the directory where you want BarTender to save and/or retrieve files. For configuration files, also enter a file name for the configuration file.
Click OK to close both dialogs.

Using Librarian

Librarian enables you to store files in a centralized database rather than “loose” on various hard drives, so files are easier to track and manage. File check-in and check-out processes prevent users from overwriting each others' changes. You can use revision control to retain copies of all previous versions of a file so that not only do you have a history of who has made what changes and when, but you can also retrieve actual copies of the previous versions and even roll back to an older version if you want. Librarian can be used with Security Center, letting you control which users can access files within Librarian and what they can do with them.

For more information, refer to the Librarian book of the BarTender help system.