Aux File Browser

Added in Version 21

 

Choose AUX File Browser from the File Menu to open the Aux File Browser. The Aux File Browser is a very simple dialog on which you may define file paths on your computer to search for PowerWorld Auxiliary files. After creating the list of Auxiliary Files, you may then double-click on a particular AUX files to open it. This makes a very simple dialog that you can leave open in Simulator and conveniently double-click to open commonly used AUX file. Another useful dialog is the General File Browser which can be used to search for PWB, PWD, AUX, AXD, TSR, EPC, and RAW files. See that File Browser topic for more information on this.

An image of the dialog is shown below. The buttons on the right of the dialog all exist to help define the list of File Paths in which you would like to search for AUX files. The buttons are as follows.

Load AUX

Click this button after selecting one of the auxiliary files on the left of the dialog to open the selected AUX file.

Add Path

Click on Add Path to choose another directory of your computer in which you would like to search for AUX files.

Forget Path

Click this button after selecting one of the paths on the left of the dialog to forget (remove) this path from the search for AUX files.

Change Name

Click this button to give your own name to the folder on the left showing the list of file paths

Change Path

Click this button after selecting one of the paths on the left of the dialog to assign a different path in its place

Forget Invalid Paths

Some file paths may not be valid locations on your computer. Click this button to remove those paths from the AUX file Browser

Refresh

Click this button to refresh of available AUX files contained in the search paths specified

Cancel Refresh

Click this button to cancel the refresh of available AUX files contained in the search paths specified.

Auto Refresh check box

Check this box to automatically refresh the list of files whenever the list of paths is updated.