Get a project
Do the steps below to get data from a repository that was made with Send/Receive into a new empty project. It could be a project repository or a WeSay (LIFT) repository.
The process will not merge the repository data into an existing project data. If that is what you want to do see Get a lexicon and Get started with Send/Receive.
Prerequisites
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Review the information in the Chorus Help help file.
To open it, click Help on the Send/Receive menu.
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Then, if the project repository you will get is
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on a USB flash drive (or USB hard drive, or similar), then insert it in or connect it to your computer.
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on the Internet, then have Login (name), and Password and Project ID available.
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in a ChorusHub folder, then Chorus Hub must be running on the computer that has that folder.
Steps
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Open the Receive project dialog box in one of these ways:
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On the Send/Receive menu, click
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Click Get project from a colleague in any of these dialog boxes: Open Project, Language Explorer or Unable to Open Project.
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In the Receive project dialog box, click the button that corresponds to the location of the repository:
USB Flash Drive
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In the Get Project From USB Drive dialog box, click the project. (Be aware that <name>_LIFT files are only lexical repositories.) Click Copy to Computer. When done, click OK.
Internet
Chorus Hub
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In the Get Project from Chorus Hub dialog box, click the project you want. (Be aware that <name>_LIFT files are only lexical repositories.) Click Copy to Computer. Click Get.
The project you received opens automatically.
Tip
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If the file you want is listed but is not available for selection in the Get Project from dialog box, then that file is already used by/associated with another project.