Container Module
Documents can consist of various files with differing data types. Web pages, for example, may comprise HTML files, image files, and style sheets. Such documents are created and edited with applications that handle files stored in directories as well as complex directory structures.
With the container module you can manage documents of this type. If you create a container document, a container will be created after indexing the document. The file selection dialog will then let you import the content of entire directories into the container. The content will be compressed and saved in a zip archive.
For editing, the content will be decompressed into the chosen directory. One file of this directory can be marked as a control file and opened in an associated application. After editing, the directory contents including all changes and newly added documents can be retransferred into the archive.
Zip archives have a maximum size of 2 GB. If this size is exceeded, file comparison and file addition will fail and create an error message.

If you create a container document, an empty container will be generated.
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Open the properties dialog: |
You can choose the following properties:
General | Overwrite existing files in working directory
To open the document, the files will be extracted into a working directory. If the working directory already exists, available files having the same name will be replaced without confirmation as long as this option is enabled. |
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With subdirectories
Enable this option to import the directory content as well as all files from subdirectories. |
Save path
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Full paths In case files of subdirectories were transferred, full paths can be stored. |
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Relative paths
If files have been transferred from a subdirectory, paths can be saved relative to the added directory. |
Working directory
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automatically in temporary area
The directory for container files will be created in the user-specific temporary directory ...\Local Settings\Temp\OSTEMP. |
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relative
Enter the name of the working directory. This directory for container files will also be created in the temporary area ...\Local Settings\Temp\OSTEMP. |
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absolute
Enter the location where the working directory for container files will be created. |
Container with control file
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Application associated with the file extension of the control file
If you select a container file as control file, it will be transferred to the application which the operating system associates with the file extension. |
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Application
A file selection dialog allows you to specify the application with which the control file will be opened. |
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Before closing the container, automatically match with the working directory Close the container and all documents that have been changed will be updated automatically. |
Whitelist/Blacklist | Whitelist
You can list all files to be managed in the container. In the names, use the placeholder '*' for any type and number of characters. Multiple items are separated by commas, for example *.html,*.gif,*.jpg,*.css. All files that match these patterns will be added and aligned. |
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Blacklist
You can list the data types to not be managed in the container. All files that do not match any of the schemas will be added and synchronized. |

After you enter the container properties, the empty container will be displayed.
The Container ribbon tab includes the following functions:

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File
All data will be saved, and the container document will close and be checked in. |
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Options
The properties dialog will open. You can view and edit the container's properties. |
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Directory view
Use this button to turn the directory view on and off. In the folder view, all container files and the folder structure will be shown.
If directory view is disabled, all files will be shown in a list. The file paths are shown in a separate column. |

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View
If you would like to display a selected file, open the following program:
The file can be displayed using the program associated with the operating system, an ASCII viewer, or any program of your choice. The file to be displayed will be extracted to the user-specific temporary directory and open. Changes cannot be applied. |
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Import
The file selection dialog will open. Choose the directory whose content will be imported into the container. If you configured a whitelist/blacklist, only matching documents will be added; if you selected the With subdirectories option, the matching documents of subdirectories will also be added. |
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Export
You can extract files from the container. However, if you modify the extracted files, these changes will not be applied.
You can specify a directory and choose the following options: FilesSpecify whether to extract the previously selected or all files. Overwrite filesIf there are already files with the same identifier in the chosen directory, they will be overwritten, even if they are read-only. Use path informationIf paths for files have been saved, these paths will be used during extraction. |
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Delete
Selected files will be removed from the container. The files cannot be restored once they have been deleted. |

If you define in the properties dialog that the container should contain a control file, one of the files in the container can then be selected as the control file.
This control file will be opened by the associated or predefined application if you edit the container document and select the corresponding option (see 'Editing Container Documents').