Packaging a project

When a project depends on external files – the data it reads and the images it pulls in – moving or sharing it means moving those files too, or the links break. Packaging bundles everything into a single, self-contained unit so nothing goes missing.

What packaging does

DataMergeStudio gathers your project together with the assets it relies on – your datasource and the linked images – into one package. Instead of a project file that points at data and images scattered across your Mac, you get a single bundle that travels as a unit.

When to use it

• Hand a project to someone else. A colleague, or another one of your Macs, receives the project and all its images in one go, with no missing links to chase.
• Archive a finished job. Keep a complete, self-contained copy you can reopen later – even if the original images have since been moved or deleted.
• Move a project between machines without hunting down every linked file afterwards.

What’s inside

The package contains the project itself, its datasource, and the linked images it uses, collected in one place. Open the package and you’re back to a working project, with its data and images where DataMergeStudio expects them.

Next

See the bigger picture of what a project holds: What is a project?