File Management

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File Management

The File menu provides five functions related to model files such as saving and retrieving. Files in the MedModel format use the MOD extension. The following defines each of the selections available from the file management section shown previously.

New Closes any currently opened model so a new model can be built. This command is unnecessary if no other model is open. If the currently opened model has changed, MedModel will ask if you want to save the model before closing it.

Open Opens a user-specified model and clears previous model data.

Merge Merges a selected MedModel model or submodel into the current model. The same submodel can be merged multiple times into the same model. See Merge Model.

Save Saves an open model under the current file name. If no file name has been given, the user is prompted for a file name.

Save As Saves an open model under a new file name specified by the user. The old file name still exists.

Please Note: If you opened a model and then created or modified charts in Output Viewer for that model, you will be prompted to choose whether or not you would like to copy and save those output reports and simulated results when you choose the "Save As" option. If you choose "Yes," the .PMOV (Output Viewer results) file will then be included in your new model the next time you open it.

Models saved in current versions of MedModel are not always compatible with previous versions of MedModel.

However, models may be saved as previous versions in order to allow those models created in recent versions of MedModel to be shared with others who may be running a previous version of MedModel.

Models created in version 8.6 or higher must be saved as:

version 8.5 to run with versions 8.5 or 8.5.1.
version 8.0 to run with version 8.0, 8.0.1 or 8.1.
version 7.0 to run with versions 7.0 or 7.5.

Please Note: There is also an Autosave feature that saves the model file every n minutes as specified in the .INI file. This feature can be disabled. See the discussion later in this section.

File Management Procedures

How to create a new model:

Select New from the File menu.
Define model elements using their corresponding modules.

How to open an existing model:

Select Open from the File menu.
Enter the necessary information in the Load Model dialog box.

How to save a model:

Select Save from the File menu. If the model does not already have a name, the Save As dialog box will appear.

How to save a model with a new name:

Select Save As from the File menu.
Enter the new file name in the Save As dialog box as shown in the following dialog box.
Select OK.

Backup File

MedModel also creates a backup file every time a model is saved. The backup file is named the same as the model file, only with a .BAK extension.