Your image (abt.icx file) stores all work that you do in VA Smalltalk, including the parts you create in the Composition Editor and the Smalltalk code that you write. As you work, your image is updated in memory. To preserve a snapshot of your development environment, you must save the image to disk. You can save your image at any time. To save your image, select Save Image from any File menu.

By default, your image is saved to the file named abt.icx. You can save your image with another name by using the Save Image As choice from a File menu. If you use the Save Image As option, ensure that you have enough disk space available to store an additional copy of the abt.icx file. If your image is large, you might need 10 to 15 megabytes of free disk space.