[SOLVED] A Newbie Question, What's The Right Way To Save my HISE Project?

[AHTV]

Hello all,

I have a seemingly silly question: how do I save my HISE Project?

Initially, I created some basic components and assumed that closing HISE would automatically load everything the next time I opened the Project. However, to my surprise, it only loaded a blank GUI

Later, I discovered that I need to go to "File > Save XML," and each time I close HISE, I have to load the XML file.

So, here are my questions:

1. Is saving the XML file the correct way to save my project?
2. What is the purpose of "File > Save Archive"?
3. How can I create backup projects so that I can revert to a previous 'correct' file if I make a mistakes?
   I apologize for my lack of experience in this matter, and I'm grateful for any assistance

Thank you!

[Christoph Hart]

1. Yes
2. Save Archive uses a binary file format which isn't human readable.
3. You can use multiple XML (or .hip) files in a project. But once you get serious with development I highly recommend start using a version control system like Git, this gives you the ability to track changes and go back in a timeline to older versions.

[AHTV]

@Christoph-Hart Noted and thanks for all the answers !