The file handling functions for saving and loading jobs can be reached by clicking the "File" menu:
Select the ''Save Job'' (short cut Ctrl-S) or ''Save Job As'' from the File menu to store a job. The ''Save Job As'' option will start a file selector dialog in the directory predefined in the User Defaults panel where either an existing file or a new one can be specified.
"Save job" will store the job in the file where it has been saved before (if not yet present the "Save Job As" dialog will be started).
When preparing a job, the job and its sub-jobs and tasks get automatically created names for easy distinction of different actions. Typically you will overwrite these names - inclusive the job name - by more intuitive names. The file name to which a job is saved, is totally independent from the internal job name and may be chosen differently.
The job is saved in the binary format which is provided by the standard Java Object Serialization mechanism. The suffix `.ajo' is appended to the specified file name automatically. In addition, the job is also saved in XML-format. The suffix '.xml' is used for these files.
In order to open an existing job select "Open Job" from the File menu. A file selector dialog will start where you can select a previously saved job. The default directory can be set in the user preferences. Whether the file filter of the file selector offers the binary or XML files for loading, depends on the appropriate setting in the User Defaults but can be changed in the dialog.
Up to four already visited files are stored in this list and can be accessed directly.