The Synchronize Folder Tab

In this dialog you can make a folder synchronized to a source folder on disk. Basically, the folder synchronization works like this:

• the synchronized folder in your project will contain whatever the synchronized folder on the disk contains
• if the files and folders in the synchronized folder on the disk change, this change is also made in the synchronized folder in your project
• if in your project you add regular files and folders in a synchronized folder, these elements are not affected by the synchronization
• the synchronization is refreshed when you open the project, you use the [ Refresh ] button in the "Files and Folders" page or you built the project

It strongly recommended that you do not use the synchronization feature in packages for which you want to create patches. This is because the synchronization may recreate some components when it is refreshed, therefore new GUIDs will be generated for them.

Source Folder

Use the [ ... ] button to select the source folder from the disk. Synchronized folders will be marked visually with this icon:. Use the [ Reset ] button to change the folder back to a regular, unsynchronized folder.

You can edit filters that will allow you to specify which files will be added to the package. Use the [ Edit filters... ] button to do that.

Read more about Synchronized Folders.

Feature

Select the feature that will contain the components resulted after the synchronization process.