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      Save Snippet to Disk
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    <h1>
      <a name="task_savesnippet"></a>Save Snippet to Disk
    </h1>
    <p>
      You can save either a single routine or a whole category of routines to
      disk as follows.
    </p>
    <ol>
      <li>
        Select a routine or a category in the <a
         href="overview_pane.htm">Overview Pane</a>.
      </li>
      <li>
        Click the <img
         src="../Images/SaveSnippet.gif"
         class="glyph"
         alt="Save Snippet button"> toolbar button or choose the <em>File |
        Save Snippet</em> menu option.
      </li>
      <li>
        Enter the name of the snippet file in the <a
         href="dlg_savesnippet.htm">Save Snippet dialog box</a>.
      </li>
      <li>
        Choose the file type, the commenting style and whether you want the
        file syntax highlighted then click OK to save the file.
      </li>
    </ol>
    <p>
      See the <a
       href="dlg_savesnippet.htm">Save Snippet dialog box</a> help topic for
      detailed information about the available options.
    </p>
    <p>
      Only functions, procedures and categories can be saved; type definitions,
      constants and <a href="snippet_freeform.htm">freeform</a> snippets are not
      supported.
    </p> 
    <p>
      Note that the default commenting style, syntax highlighting and file type
      can be configured using the <a
       href="dlg_preferences.htm">Preferences dialog box</a>.
    </p>
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