Open an existing file
To open a Regulatory burden measure file that already exists:
- Go to the Regulatory burden measure homepage.
- Click the Browse button.
- In the Open pop-up that appears, find the file (it should have a .rbm extension)
- Click the Open button.
- Click the Open existing file button.
Important! To open a Regulatory burden measure file, it must have a .rbm extension.
Right file format
Files you open in the Regulatory burden measure must have a .rbm extension. Files with any other kind of extension (for example, .pdf, .doc or .xls) won't open.
Problems opening a file
Did you see an error message when trying to open an existing file?
There are 2 reasons why your file didn't open.
- You're trying to open a file that doesn't have a .rbm extension. Files with any other type of extension (.rbm .txt .doc, .xls, .pdf etc) won't open. Note that *.bcc files generated by the old Commonwealth business cost calculator cannot be opened using the RBM.
- The file you're trying to open has corrupted. If you're not sure, get help – call or email the person at the top of the help screen.
Important!
A number of users have experienced an error where the RBM is not saving files in the correct format. Users experiencing this issue cannot open some save files and often also report receiving error messages when trying to save their work. Incorrectly saved files are usually in HTML format and are many times larger than uncorrupted *.rbm files.
Usually this problem can be resolved by attempting to re-save the file until the file is written in the correct format. You can determine whether a .rbm file has been correctly saved by using notepad, wordpad or some other text editor to open it. Correctly saved .rbm files will contain a collection of unintelligible, unrecognisable characters. Incorrectly saved files will often begin with, or contain <html> headers and contain normal roman alphabet characters.
Save the file
Save the file
To save the file you're working on, click the Save to your computer button at the top right of the screen.
When you click this, you'll see the Save dialogue box. Click the Save button in the dialogue box to save the info you’ve created in the file.
Name your file
Always choose a clear and easy to understand file name. This makes it easy to identify later.
It's best to add the date you created the file to the file name. It's also good practice to add a version number.
A good file name might be: Proposal1_20100328v1.
The name tells you what it is, the date tells you when you created it, and the version tells you how many times it's been changed.
Note: This is a guideline only. Your department/agency may have its own file name convention for you to follow.
Where to put it
Your department/agency may have guidelines on where to save your files.
Saving from an existing file
It's best you don't save over the top of the original file. In other words, save a new version.
When you click the Save to your computer button, you'll see the Save dialogue box. Before you click the Save button in the dialogue box, go to 'File name' and change the name of the file (everything before .rbm).
You need to save your proposal regularly when using the Regulatory burden measure. Do this by clicking the Save to your computer button.
This will always bring up the save pop-up, where you find a place to store your file and name it.
Having problems saving your file?
Are you using Firefox as your browser? If so, you might have a problem saving your file to where you want (that is, it might save automatically to your desktop).
To fix this:
- Go into Tools > Options.
- Click the 'Main' tab.
- Click the 'Always ask me where to save files' radio button.
- Click the OK button.
Important! Are you making changes to an existing file? It's best you don't save over the top of the original file – you'll lose info previously added. Instead, save a new version of the file. To do this, before you click the Save button in the dialogue box, go to 'File name' and change the name of the file (everything before .rbm).
Handy hint! If there's a date on the file name, you might need to only change this to the date you're working on the file. For example, if it's the suchandsuchfile_20100311.rbm, change the date part of the file only (the date: 20100315).