MJ:
Thanks for taking the time to look at my issues.
I was more interested in my problem at hand with the layouts. Newbies (like me) will be typically working with a single layout or maybe two layouts, when they start experimenting with B4A. It would seem more natural to me that, when the project gets saved, the most recent layout in the Designer would be saved along with the project, so that when the project is started the next time, that layout is re-loaded and I can continue working with the last layout that I was working on. If this were the default operation, anyone might see that maybe the default layout that has loaded is not the one they want to work with and would then load the layout desired.
A second issue with this is that, if there is NO LAYOUT presently in the Designer (because the project was just opened), why is the User prompted to Save the Designer Layout that is evidently EMPTY, but by providing any Layout Name, including possibly the one that they were working with for hours during the last B4A session, wouldn't that EMPTY layout then overwrite the tediously-prepared layout that had existed before this Save operation? This, I believe, is what happened to me, causing me to spend many hours (again, being a Newbie) trying to figure out what went wrong and where.
Regarding the Zip file you uploaded -- I just got to work (east coast, USA) and saw your reply, but won't be able to get back to looking at things until I get back home tonite where I experiment with B4A as a hobby. So I'll take a look at what you did, and maybe "Export As Zip" my version so you can see what I was trying to do.
Cheers!