====== Exchanging Workspaces ======

==== Portability ====

An Orbit GIS Workspace is built to be exchangeable. All references to file resources are stored with a relative path indication. References to server resources are stored with server references.

==== Creating a portable workspace ====

Locate the resources in a single directory or a set of subfolders. It doesn't matter if these folders are on your local drive or on a network driver. Be sure all extra files are located there too, such as the legend file, a resource descriptor or joined external tables.

Create the workspace and save it in that directory, or in the folder above. Be sure you create a set of files that are located together. Avoid resources that are located on a different drive or harddisc.

==== Porting a workspace ====

Locate the workspace file and the resources used by the workspace. Copy all these files, in exactly the same directory structure, on any other workstation, a portable computer or on a CD. This way, the workspace references will continue to work.

Install Orbit GIS or Orbit Explorer on your new hardware and open the workspace.

==== Corporate efficiency ====

In an enterprise, you may store resources on a shared network drive. By placing the workspace next to your resources, you make them exchangeable among you and your colleges, even if they don't use the same drive-letters for the network drives. Referring to resources on other drives can be done by adding the manually to the resource, using the UNC notation (\\servername\shared_directory).

==== Using Server Resources ====

If your workspace refers to resources located on a server (EOS), opening the workspace will popup the EOS server login window if you haven't logged in yet. If you reuse the workspace on a device that hasn't access to the EOS server, this will obviously fail.