A Code Archive, serves as formatting template for a part of the statistics. It stores a collection of all coded, study specific, Codes and Class combinations.
IMPORTANT: The Code Archive it is NOT used for logging behavioral Events! For this you need to use the Code definition files, those are described in the section Define Codes & Classes.
Code Archive Features
This hidden but powerful tool enables you to:
oRearrange the order of Codes and Classes, as described in Code Archive Editor.
oAssign diagram colors for each Class and Code, for the graphical display in the Time Line Chart
oDefine abbreviations or translations for each Code and Class, to be used for exporting statistics.
oTranslate Code and Class expressions for a presentation of your statistical results, with the help of the Abbreviation field.
oAccumulate different Codes to a single expression, using the Abbreviation field.
oDescribe each Code and Class in detail (for documentation purposes)
oStructure statistics identically, in multiple data-files, if they are linked to the same Code Archive.
Note: Per default, the Code Archive is named like the first Code definitions used for coding.
Code Archive Specifics
oThe Code Archive content, is build up automatically, every time a document is saved.
oEach data-file is assigned to a project specific Code Archive.
oAssign only data-files, that use the same set of Code Definitions, to the same Code Archive.
oPer default, the Code Archive is named like the active Code Definition file, the moment you start a coding session.
oCodes once coded, stay in the Code Archive. Even if you delete it from your data-file.
oIf you delete a Code from the Code Archive, it automatically reappears, if this Code is still present in one of the data-files linked to it.
oYou can look at the Code Archive as the implemented version of your category system.
oDo not worry about it too much, is not of importance, until you start analyzing your data.
Note: Data once collected in a Code Archive has absolutely no connection to the original DataGroups, DataSets and Events. A Code Archive just collects any Code/Class combination found, within a data-file, on 'Save'.
•You can view and edit this Code Archive by using the Code Archive-Editor.
Transfer a Code Archive
Whenever you have adapted you Code Archive and want to use this specific Code Archive with another installation, without having to redefine any of the colors, abbreviations or descriptions, you can simply copy the Code Archive file from one system to another. All you need to do, is locate your current Code Archive file, which is stored in the current INTERACT user data folder!
As explained in INTERACT File Storage Structure, the location the Code Archive is always fix: ..\Mangold INTERACT Data\CodeArchives
The location of this folder, depends on the location INTERACT is started from.
•To open the currently active INTERACT UserData folder, click General - Folder - User Data 
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In the now available CodeArchives folder, all available Code Archive files are stored.
•Copy the appropriate *.icar file from here and transfer it to the active ..\Mangold INTERACT Data\CodeArchives folder on the other computer or license key.