5.- Saving a project

The SOFTA software allows the user to save projects in two formats: as a in normal mode or solution mode. Normal projects are saved with the .sft file extension. Solution projects are analyses to be used as exemplars, allowing users to compare their analysis with a “correct” analysis. The ability to compare a user’s analysis to a solution analysis is particularly useful for training with the SOFTA instrument. Solution projects are saved with the .sfc file extension.


The File menu option allows three ways to save projects:

    a) Save, which saves the most recent changes to a project.

    b) Save as, which allows the user to save a copy of a project under a different name.

    c) Save as solution, which saves the project as a solution project.

When the user wants to Save a Project that contains Rating Scales values that are in contradition with the Manual rating rules (for example, rating –3 after recorded only positive behavioral indicators), the program will show a window describing all the rating contradictions:

 

 

Another window will then ask to the user if she/he wants (once she/he kows the rating contradictions) to save the project, or not saving it and revise the ratings: