Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 603)

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A PPENDIX E
Import and export alarm XML files
This appendix describes:
 Create alarm XML files.
 Export, editing, and importing XML files.
 The alarm XML file structure.
About XML
XML is the Extensible Markup Language used to create documents with structured text
information. It has a standardized format and structure. You can use XML to edit the
elements and attributes needed to create an alarm setup file or to modify graphic displays.
For information about working with graphics XML files, see Appendix H.
Sometimes editing your alarm setup in an XML file is quicker than working in
FactoryTalk View. For example, if you have a list of 100 tags to monitor for alarms, with
multiple messages for each tag, you might prefer to enter all the information in a text
editor, and then import the alarm setup information into FactoryTalk View.
Another example of using XML files is to export the alarm setup information you develop
in one application, import the setup information to another FactoryTalk View application,
and then modify the alarm setup as needed. Or, you could modify the information in the
XML file before importing it.
For more information about XML, see the World Wide Web Consortium’s web page about
XML at:
http://www.w3.org/XML.
Create alarm XML files by exporting
The quickest way to create an XML file for your application’s alarm setup is to export the
data from FactoryTalk View. You can then open the XML file in Notepad, make your
changes, and import the file back into FactoryTalk View.
To export alarm information to an XML file
1. In the Explorer window, right-click the Alarm Setup editor.
2. Click Import and Export.
The strings for the application’s current language are exported to the XML file. To export strings
for another language, reopen the application in the new language and repeat the XML export.