The Personal Files Directory

IML Studio creates a Personal Files Directory under which you can store the files you create with IML Studio. It is recommended that you use the Personal Files Directory to store the files you create with IML Studio for the following reasons:

• Each user who logs onto the computer has their own Personal Files Directory.
• The Personal Files Directory keeps your files separate from the files installed by the IML Studio Setup program.
• The Personal Files Directory makes it easier for you to backup your files.
• IML Studio's Open File dialog box provides a button that jumps directly to the Personal Files Directory.

The first time you run IML Studio it creates a Personal Files Directory for you called "My IML Studio Files", which is usually the following directory:

Under the Personal Files Directory, IML Studio creates the following subdirectories:

Classes

Used to store user-written Java classes.

Data Sets

Used to store SAS data sets.

Matrices

Used to store IMLPlus matrices on the client computer. Refer to the topic Storing Matrices on the Client Computer.

Modules

Used to store IMLPlus modules.

Programs

Used to store IMLPlus or SAS programs.

If you do not like the name or location of the default Personal Files Directory, you can change it.

To change the location of your Personal Files Directory

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.

   IML Studio will display the Options dialog box.

2. Click the Directories tab.
3. Click the Change button for the Personal Files Directory.

   IML Studio will display the Browse for Folder dialog box.

4. In the Browse for Folder dialog box, navigate to, and select, the directory you want to become your new Personal Files Directory.
5. Click OK to close the Browse for Folder dialog box.
6. IML Studio will ask you whether you want to create the standard subdirectories under this new Personal Files Directory. Usually you will want to respond Yes to this prompt.
7. Click OK to close the Options dialog box.

Notes

• When you change the location of the Personal Files Directory, IML Studio does not move files from the previous Personal Files Directory location. You must move the files yourself using Windows Explorer.
• The "My Documents" folder that you see references to in the Options dialog box is an operating system maintained directory for each user. The location of the My Documents folder can vary from one Windows system to another, but it is usually the following directory:
  

  Windows 7	C:\Users\userid\Documents
  Windows 8	C:\Users\userid\Documents
  Windows 10	C:\Users\userid\Documents