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# User Interface

When opening the main dialog of PlantLink, you have the following sections:

1.This is shows the name of the current project.

2.Those are the various functions explained in the sub-chapters.

3.Those are the existing link configurations.\
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The column **Name** is the name you gave to the link configuration.\
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The column **Type** shows the type of the link configuration (Update, Extended, AutoCAD, Drawing).\
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The column **Status** should show **Active** and have a blue color. If there is some issue with a link configuration, then an error message is shown in the main form and the row is red.\
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The column **Disabled** allows you to deactivate a link configuration.

4.Some details about the selected link configuration.\
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**Datasource** shows where the data is coming from. This is either a SQLite database or a UDL file which then points to SQL-Server, MS Access, or MS Excel.\
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**Link type** is just a longer text for the type of link as shown in the **Type** column.\
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**Class** shows the class name for which the link configuration is setup.

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All shown link configurations are listed in the project's \ACPlantTools\PlantLink\LinkConfigurations\LinkConfiguration.Collection.xml. If the file doesn't exist for an existing project it will be created automatically.

The LinkConfiguration.Collection.xml, LCF, UDL, MS Access, MS Excel files will also be added to the MISC database. This allows the files to be visible in Project Manager under the **Related Files** node, but also ensures, that the files will be copied when creating a project backup or use the project as a template for a new project.