# Create a Machine Edition application

You can create a FactoryTalk View Machine Edition application when you start FactoryTalk View Studio or when FactoryTalk View Studio is open.

## To create a Machine Edition application

1. If FactoryTalk View Studio is not started, start FactoryTalk View Studio.
2. If FactoryTalk View Studio is started, from the File menu, select New Application or click the New Application tool. If an application is already open, FactoryTalk View Studio asks you whether to close the application. Click Yes.
3. On the New tab of the New/Open Machine Edition Application dialog box, enter a name for the application in the Application Name box.
4. (Optional) Enter a description for the application. You can also modify the description in the application Properties dialog box after the application is created.
5. Select a language for the application. You can add more languages in the Language Configuration dialog box after the application is created.
6. Select a resolution for the application. You can modify the resolution in the Project Settings editor after the application is created.
7. Click Create.
8. (Optional) Add controller instruction faceplates to the application.

   Tip: | Adding faceplate displays to an application affects the license count. Each added faceplate display (.gfx) counts as one display for activation purposes. The corresponding global object display (.ggfx) does not add to the total license count.

FactoryTalk View Studio creates the application’s folders and files and then shows the new application in the Explorer window. The system automatically creates a display called MAIN and sets the initial graphic to Main.

The application files are stored in:

\Users\Public\Public Documents\RSView Enterprise\ME\HMI projects\<ApplicationName>

The application file is given the extension .med.

## See also

Options in the New/Open Machine Edition Application dialog box

Import an application

About application properties

Add a language to an application

Add controller instruction faceplates

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