Select/Organize Data Link Dialog Box

Use the Select Data Link dialog box to select an existing data link (.mdl) file or to create a new one.

Use the Organize Data Link dialog box to add, move, edit, or delete an existing data link (.mdl) file.

Dialog Box Options

Look in

Enables you to navigate among all of the drives and folders on your system.

Up One Level

Click to navigate to a folder that you have previously accessed during the current session.

Create New Folder

Click to create a folder within the current folder.

File List

Displays the files and folders in the drive or folder selected in the Look in box.

List

Click to view the file list names in large icon format.

Details

Click to view additional information about the documents in the file list such as the file size and the date last saved.

File name

Enter the name of the file you want to open, or enter a drive letter such as C:\ to navigate to a drive.

File name

Lists the types of files to display. This is useful for narrowing the list of files displayed to only those files you're interested in.

Open

Click to open the selected file.

Open as Read-Only

Specifies that you will be able to read the file but cannot make changes to it.

New

Click to create a data link file. Follow the steps in the Create New Data Link wizard.

Rename

Click to rename the selected data link file.

Properties

Click to edit the selected data link file.

Delete

Click to delete the selected data link file.

See Also

Organizing Data Links