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Action: XSettingsImport


Parameters

Description

XMLFile

Enter the directory and the name of the file to be imported here. You must first have generated the file using the menu path Options > Settings > Popup menu > Export <...>. You can also enter path variables.

ClosedExample:

Node

'Node' of the settings to be imported. If you open the previously exported file in Internet Explorer, you can see and accept the name of the node.
If only the 'PROJECT' node is specified, all the project settings will be imported. If no node is specified, all the settings are imported.

ClosedExample:

The following example shows the start of the User+Display+General.xml file; the information needed to specify the node is highlighted with a border.

Project

Name of the target project (optional).
If a project is specified, only the project settings are imported. Otherwise the user, workstation and company settings are imported as well.

Option

Options for controlling the import:

  • INSERT: Insert settings if not yet available.
  • OVERWRITE: Settings and default values are overwritten.
  • UPDATE: Settings are overwritten.

ClosedExample:

Imports all user, workstation and company settings from a specified XML file:

XSettingsImport 
/XmlFile:C:file.xml

Imports a node from a specified XML file: 

XSettingsImport 
/XmlFile:C:file.xml 
/Node:USER.MacrosGui

Imports project settings into a target project: 

XSettingsImport 
/XmlFile:C:my_project.xml 
/Project:"C:...ESS_Sample_Project.elk"

Imports a node from the project settings into a target project:

XSettingsImport 
/XmlFile:C:my_project.xml 
/Project:"C:...ESS_Sample_Project.elk" 
/Node:FormGeneratorGui