Make External only save in binary or XML format

General
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My projects are all saved as text, not binary or xml.
But when I use “Make External”, it only save as binary or xml, and not as text.
Is that how it is supposed to be (would be weird…)?

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yes - this is “as designed”

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Hm ok…
The reason for my question was, that I was hoping I can do it like in Delphi, where I have external code/units, which I can edit with whatever I like, and only refer to them in the uses clause and can use them, without importing or such things. I guess thats not possible with Xojo.

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[quote=445043:@Guenter Kraemer]Hm ok…
The reason for my question was, that I was hoping I can do it like in Delphi, where I have external code/units, which I can edit with whatever I like, and only refer to them in the uses clause and can use them, without importing or such things. I guess thats not possible with Xojo.[/quote]
FWIW, If you’re using a version control system like subversion, you can define an external in there to make a file or folder available across projects.

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Or, this ancient feature request (actually originally from fogbugz) could be handled …

<https://xojo.com/issue/3624>

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at best only partially
a single module with other modules & classes could not work
there are issues with the VCP format that cant be bridged decently without a revamp of that format