Import project dialog does not offer Browse button to save project in Studio 2019

Question

Hi all, I recently updated from Studio 2015 to Studio 2019. I'm trying to save a new project, but am surprised to find Studio doesn't offer me the option of saving the project in a different location than the previous package. The project is from the same client. At first I wondered if it might be because the project file names are similar - not identical, but to see if this was the problem (which shouldn't be a problem anyway, because Studio should never assume where I want to save the project), I changed the file name completely, but Studio still doesn't offer me a Browse button. Why is this?

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[edited by: Trados AI at 2:21 PM (GMT 0) on 28 Feb 2024]

Alison Field · Accepted Answer

Hi again Daniel 
 This would be because the software sees the properties of the package regardless of the external name change and it is ostensibly identical to the existing project... 
 If you wish to open it whether it is actually the same project or not, simply put the previous project into a folder with an appropriate name as the software won't search for it one level deeper in your filing structure. 
 This should resolve the issue. 
 All the best, 
 Ali

Alison Field · Answer

Hi Daniel 
 Are you absolutely sure you haven't already opened this package before? 
 Here's my Open Package first page on a project I haven't opened before: 
 
 As you'll see above, although the path is already filled (it's following the project path that I always take for this client), the Browse.. button is visible and active. 
 Once I've opened the package and created the project, if I try to re-open the package, here's how it looks: 
 
 If I click 'Finish' a message appears indicating I've already opened this package and asking if I am sure I want to open it again. 
 I think if you click on Finish you'll see the same message... 
 If not, this is some form of glitch because you should always be able to indicate where you wish to save a project... 
 All the best, 
 Ali

Alison Field · Answer

Hi Daniel, Ah, OK, yes that is the other fact that I had forgotten about - this can also mean that you have already received files in a project but that the project manager is sending you further files for that same project. They should really explain that, to save confustion. Then, you just continue as normal and the new files automatically add themselves to the same project without an error message. All the best, Alison

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Import project dialog does not offer Browse button to save project in Studio 2019