Deleting the existing table template

When you want to delete an existing table template, it is important to realise that ONLY user-defined or user-modified templates can be deleted. The manufacturer’s templates CANNOT be removed.

The statement above may be clearer from the following table.

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tables prepared by the manufacturer and NOT edited at all by the user

This type of table template CANNOT be deleted.

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tables prepared by the manufacturer BUT already modified by the user

When this type of table template is deleted, the user-copy of the manufacturer’s template is deleted and the manufacturer’s original template is restored.

This change is indicated by the change of the icon from $image\TableTemplateManufacturerModified.gif$ to $image\TableTemplateManufacturer.gif$ .

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tables created by the user

This type of table template can be freely deleted whenever wanted.

Note: The templates, or to be precise the corresponding OTS files, can also be deleted directly from the User folder on your disk. Read chapter Manufacturer's versus user's table template to learn more about OTS files and their location. Use this method ONLY for table templates whose OTS files are stored in the User folder. Under no circumstances apply this direct deletion to templates stored in folder DocumentTemplates under the folder where SCIA Engineer was installed.

In any case, this procedure is recommended ONLY for advanced users of SCIA Engineer with a good knowledge of MS Windows.