Importing an existing software project

You can use the Import wizard to copy a project that exists in a different workspace, or one that previously existed in a workspace, into the current workspace.

Select File > Import. The Import wizard opens.
Select one of the following:
- Existing Projects into Workspace: if you do not want to copy the project files to your current workspace location.
- Existing SDK Projects into Workspace: if you do want to copy the project files to your current workspace location. SDK will perform some basic checks to validate if the software project can be imported into the workspace, as described below.
Click Next.
Select either the Select root directory or Select archive file option button, and click the associated Browse button to locate the directory or file containing the projects.
In the Projects area, select the project or projects to import.
Click Finish to start the import. If SDK prompts a message to overwrite a file, select Yes.

Requirements for importing a project into a workspace

The software projects in a workspace are associated with a hardware design and targeted to a particular processor and processor sub-system. When you import a software project into a workspace, SDK performs minimal checks to ensure that this software project is usable in the workspace. The following checks are done for different software project types:

For Software Platform and Board Support Package projects, SDK checks to see if the processor name and type used by the software project exist in the current hardware design. It does not check if all the peripherals required by the drivers and libraries in the software platform exist in the processor sub-system.
If there is a mismatch, SDK returns errors. Such projects cannot be imported into the workspace; you should delete them from the workspace.
For Software Application projects, SDK checks to see if the software platform, processor name, and type used by the software application exist in the current workspace and hardware design. Therefore, when you are importing a software application, you must make sure that the software platform used by this application already exists in the workspace. Alternatively, you can import the software platform along with the application.

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Sharing and archiving software projects

Exporting a software project