Remove a view, chart, table, or layout from a project by editing the .apr file

Summary

This article shows how to remove a view, chart, table, or layout from a project by editing the .apr file with a text editor.

Procedure

1. Open the .apr in a text editor such as WordPad or Notepad.
   
   

   Warning:
   Always make a backup before making any edits to an .apr file.

   
   
2. Search for the name of the document you wish to remove.
3. Take note of the number in the corresponding View.#. For example, to remove View2 you would note the number in View.410.
   
   

   Code:
   (View.410
   	Name:	"View2"
   	CreationDate:	"Thursday, May 31, 2001 04:21:17"
   	GUIName:	"View"
   	Win:	411
   	CSMgr:	412
   	DocExts:	414
   	DocExts:	415
   	Graphics:	416
   	Theme:	423
   	Theme:	450
   	Theme:	720
   	LastScale:	4289035647.73108150000000
   	Dpy:	417
   	TOCWidth:	150
   	CoordPrecision:	2
   )

   
   
4. Start from the beginning of the .apr and perform a new search for Doc: #. In this example, Doc: 410 would return the following:
   
   

   Code:
   (Project.2
   	Name:	"Sample.apr"
   	CreationDate:	"Thursday, May 31, 2001 03:21:46"
   	GUIName:	"Project"
   	Win:	3
   	CSMgr:	4
   	DocExts:	5
   	VisGUIWidth:	70
   	Doc:	6
   	Doc:	239
   	Doc:	180
   	Doc:	402
   	Doc:	41
   	Doc:	410
   	ActiveDoc:	410
   	Buttons:	990
   	Buttons:	991
   	Buttons:	992
   	Dependencies:	993
   	Scripts:	994
   	Prefs:	995
   	WorkDir:	1822
   	WinX:	11
   	WinY:	4
   	WinW:	623
   	WinH:	472
   	SerialNumber:	"654789325489"
   	SelColor:	1823
   	GUINames:	1824
   	GUINames:	1825
   	GUINames:	1826
   	GUINames:	1827
   	GUINames:	1828
   	GUINames:	1829
   	GUINames:	1830
   	TocWidthScale:	1.00000000000000
   )

   
   
5. Remove the "Doc: #" line.
6. Save the file.