You can add existing files to a project in a number of ways.

Adding existing files to the active project

You can add one or more files to the active project quickly using the standard Open File dialog.

To add existing files to the active project do one of the following:

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Using the Open File dialog, navigate to the directory containing the existing files, select the ones to add to the project, then click OK. The selected files are added to the folders whose filter matches the extension of the each of the files. If no filter matches a file’s extension, the file is placed underneath the project node.

Adding existing files to any project

To add existing files a project without making it active:

The procedure for adding existing files is the same as above.

Adding existing files to a specific folder

To add existing files directly to a folder bypassing the file filter do the following:

The files are added to the folder without using any filter matching.