# Choose Project

Choose a project to organize related files for your project. A project is simply a container for organizing the files required to execute an IMS transaction using IMS Web. You need to give some thought to (or develop a naming convention for) the various names associated with your transactions.

Open previous project

Choose this option to open the project with which you last worked. The first time you use IMS Web, this option will not be available because there is no previous project.

Open existing project

Choose this option to open an existing project. After you choose this option, an Open File dialog box displays. Use this dialog box to select one .hws file. Version 1 project files (.prj files) are not compatible. You can create a version 2 project in the same directory as your version 1 project to prevent having to download or copy the MFS source files. But, if you do, be sure to back up your generated source, as it will be overwritten.

Create a new project

Choose this option to create a new project. The Define project TaskGuide window displays.