pilkovskylm wrote:
I've read that if you want to be able to update the .plp file with changed made to the .plc then you have to remain signed in to the .plp. My question is, does the .plp have to remain opened and the computer turned on? Or can we close the file and shut off the computer? Any help would be greatly appreciated. We are 90% done on this project and it would kill us to screw it up. Thanks.
The plp is not open in the first place. Plp's can't be opened, they can only be signed in to.
Short version:
Share the project. This turns a pln into a plp. (Though the pln still exists.)
Teamwork -> Sign in, find the plp, set up the workspace.
Save. This will bring up a save dialog, and the file you're saving is a plc. You can work away on this, and the plp is unchanged until you Send & Receive. At that point, your plc and the master plp are re-synchronized. Your work goes into the plp, and any changes to the plp (sent by others in other workspaces) will appear in your local plc. (You can also just Receive, without sending.)
While you're signed in, you can take the plc around the world, it doesn't matter. When you open the plc off network, you will be warned that you can't send changes, but you can still work. When you come back to the network, send and receive and all should be well. To be clear, you should stay signed in, that's the only way you can send.
Naturally, you might want to experiment with a file that won't get you killed first. But the fundamentals are pretty straightforward. There's more to sharing and signing in than I've told you, but you can find that out.
Good luck,
