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## Startup Action

This dialog will appear at IDE startup when there are recent projects to reopen. If there are no recent projects, this dialog does not appear. (It also does not appear in the Allegro CL Express Edition). The dialog asks whether to open one of the recent projects, and also has other choices, such as whether to create a new project. The choices are presented as radio-buttons:

- Open a Recent Project (selected below): This is the initially selected choice. (A list of recent projects is saved in the prefs.cl file by the Tools | Save Options Now command or the Tools | Save Options On Exit command.) The list of recently-used projects are listed further below on the dialog, with the most recently used project selected at the top of the list. To open the most recently used project for further development, simply click OK or press the Enter key. To open another recently-used project, select it and press OK, or double-click it. (This can also be done later by using the Recent | Open Project command.)
- Open Any Project (with the File Dialog): This option may be used to find and open an existing project that is not included in the list of recently used projects. (This can also be done later by using the File | Open Project command.)
- Create a New Project: This option creates a new empty project for developing a new application.(Creating a new project can also be done later by using the File | New Project command.)
- Proceed Without Using a Project: This option runs the IDE with no current project. This is also done if you simply cancel the startup dialog by pressing the Escape key or clicking the Cancel button. When there is no current project, warning dialogs may appear if you try to use certain project functionality such as showing the Project Manager dialog, creating a new form, or clicking the Components toolbar. And a few things may behave differently; for example, when saving an editor buffer for the first time, you will not be prompted about whether to add the new file to the current project, since there is no current project.
- Run the Interactive IDE Introduction This option starts up a high-level introduction to the variety of development tools that are available in the IDE. (No project is created or opened.) The introduction may also be run with the Help | Interactive IDE Intro menu command at any time.

This dialog may be disabled for future lisp sessions by unchecking the check-box labeled Show this dialog at IDE startup time near the bottom of the dialog. The dialog may also be enabled or disabled on the IDE1 tab of the Options dialog (displayed with Tools | Options) by using the check-box labeled Ask for Action at IDE Startup, or by calling (setf ask-for-action-at-ide-startup). When this dialog is disabled, the IDE never opens or creates a project at startup time, though you can open or create a project any time later.

This dialog is never shown if the IDE is started up with a `-project` command line option for an initial project to open. Instead, that project is always opened, regardless of the value of ask-for-action-at-ide-startup. (This happens when you double-click a .lpr project definition file in the operating system's file manager.)

Various IDE windows may or may not appear when creating or opening a project. For more information, see these IDE configuration options:

- new-project-show-project-manager
- new-project-show-editor
- new-project-create-form
- open-project-show-project-manager
- open-project-show-files-in-editor

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Created 2012.5.30.

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