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Export or Import a Database Emulation Configuration

You use the export and import procedures when you intend to use the same configuration in several documents. You also export a database emulation configuration when you intend to execute the document in PlanetPress Workflow Tools, and want to simplify the process of configuring the database plug-in.

The exported configuration file is in XML format and bears the file name extension .cfg.

To export a database emulation configuration:

  1. Open the document that uses the database emulation configuration you want to export.
  2. Choose Tools | Open Active Data.
  3. In the Data Selector, click the Database Emulation Configuration button to display the Database Connection dialog box.
  4. In the Database Connection dialog box, set the password option.Include password on export: Select to include the password required to access the database, in the exported database emulation configuration.
  5. In the Database Connection dialog box, click Export.
  6. In the Export Database Configuration dialog box, navigate to the folder in which you want to save the configuration, enter a name for the exported file, and click Save.
    PlanetPress Design     exports the configuration and returns the focus to the Database Connection dialog. If you selected Include password on export, the exported configuration file contains the password required to access the database.
  7. Click OK to exit the Database Connection dialog.
  8. Click OK.

To import a database emulation configuration:

  1. Open the document in which you want to import a database emulation configuration.
  2. Choose Tools | Open Active Data.
  3. In the Data Selector, click the Database Emulation Configuration button to display the Database Connection dialog box.
  4. In the Database Connection dialog box, click Import.
  5. In the Open dialog box, navigate to the folder containing the configuration file you want to import, select the configuration file, and click Open.
  6. If necessary, adjust the database emulation configuration options in the Database Connection dialog.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Click OK.