To open a database with ChessPartner games a dialog is presented. The dialog is similar to the "standard" file-open dialog found in today's applications.
In a box within the dialog the names of database files are shown. For an easier identification than just the filename, a descriptive text is displayed when a file is selected. This text is determined upon creation of the database. When the selected file is not a ChessPartner database there is, of course, no text.
As a default, the ChessPartner Database type of files are listed but other formats such as PGN are also supported and can be chosen from the file type(s) box.
There’s a change the message “Database is read only” is presented. This means the database is already in use by another program for read/write or you checked the read-only box.
It is possible to have multiple databases open, each database is displayed in its own window. Games can be moved or copied between two databases by simply dragging the selected games to the target database.