2015/03/02 10:52:53
John
I have looked for any reference to this command and I can't find any in the Help file or the Sonar Reference Guide. 
 
It appears to be undocumented. I know what the forum says about it but I'm not sure what it really does. 
 
If someone could/would kindly show me any documentation on it I will be very grateful.
2015/03/02 11:14:17
bapu
It saves a copy on disk while NOT resetting the current open project to that project.
2015/03/02 11:14:47
bapu
HaHa! I beat scook to it.
 
He must've been on a bio break.
2015/03/02 11:15:23
WallyG
John
I have looked for any reference to this command and I can't find any in the Help file or the Sonar Reference Guide. 
 
It appears to be undocumented. I know what the forum says about it but I'm not sure what it really does. 


When you use Save As, you can save your present project i.e. "Song" as "Song 1", and Sonar will now show your project as "Song 1" while "Song" just remains in your file directory. 
 
When you use "Save Copy As", on "Song", it will make a copy of your song and name it "Song 1", it will save that as a copy in your file directory, but Sonar will still show that you are working on "Song".
 
I use the "Save As" as a backup in my project directory as the project progresses in case I want to revert to a prior state, and "Save A Copy As" when I want to back up the project to an external drive.
 
Walt
2015/03/02 11:19:03
WallyG
bapu
HaHa! I beat scook to it.
 
He must've been on a bio break.


...and you beat me by pico-seconds. Mine was longer though.
2015/03/02 11:23:10
bapu
Mine was 7 minutes ago. Yours was 6 minutes ago. That's like 100M pico-seconds.
2015/03/02 11:28:18
John
bapu
It saves a copy on disk while NOT resetting the current open project to that project.


Right.  That is what people say but I would like something documented  from CW. It isn't that I don't appreciate what the forum is saying on it. I just am not completely sure if that is the full story. 
 
If you think about it, that explanation makes very little sense. What in effect is being said is only the name of the open project is unchanged using save copy as.  There is no reset involved. There is no reset using save as either accept the current open project's name is changed too to reflect the saved as file name.  
 
Then I wouldn't be asking this if I fully understood save copy as. I hope I'm not confusing anyone.  
2015/03/02 11:34:15
John
I have a feeling that I maybe over thinking this. 
2015/03/02 11:39:04
scook
bapu
HaHa! I beat scook to it.
 
He must've been on a bio break.


You beat me because I saw no reason to post here. John rejects the explanation because it is not documented and expects more from the function. The best answer I can provide for this thread is create a support ticket requesting an update to the documentation.
2015/03/02 11:42:42
bapu
Kind of sad when on a peer-to-peer forum user explanation of function that has been tried by a peer is rejected.
 
Oh well. This forum is starting to sound like it needs to be renamed "Questions to Bakers Only (No Longer Peer-To-Peer Support)". Because this not the first time a response from CW is the only acceptable response by an OP.
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