You have opened a project. You have specified the settings for external editing of data (Options > Settings > User > Interfaces > External editing). Utilities > Edit properties externally > Export data.
In this dialog, define how and where the selected data should be exported. Note that output depends on the object type which was determined when creating the scheme and cannot be changed subsequently any more.
Overview of the main dialog elements:
This drop-down list shows all the user-defined and pre-defined schemes for external editing. Click [...] to edit or create a scheme.
A scheme for external editing is always generated in conjunction with an object type. In this field the object type is displayed that was selected when creating the current scheme. Subsequent changes can then not be made to the object type!
From this drop-down list, select the language to be used for the export:
- All displayed languages: For this setting, multilingual data are always returned multiple times (depending on the number of languages configured in the project). When importing only the imported languages are replaced, and other existing languages are not changed. A corresponding translation must be started afterwards.
- The individual languages present in the project.
In this field, enter the path and name of the target file to be created, or click [...] to interactively select the path and directory.
You can use the Insert path variable popup menu item to branch to the dialog Select path variable where you can select one of the available path variables.
Note:
Note that when exporting Pages the path variables for "Project directory complete" and "Project name" are empty because these can change independently of the selected target file..
In this group box, select one of the available output options:
- Export: Select this option if you only want to export the data to, for example, edit it at a different workplace.
- Export and start application: Select this option if, after the export, the application should be started directly for external editing, or if you want to edit the data at a different workplace but want to view it first and rework it if needed.
- Edit in external application and reload: Select this option if you want to edit the data in the external application and then have it available directly in your project after you leave the other application.
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