Command: Import/Export Text Lists

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Function: The command exports one or more text lists of the project, imports a file, or aligns a text list with a file. The file format is CSV. The Import/Export dialog provides various options.

Call: Text List menu; context menu

Requirement: A text list or global text list is open and active.

Dialog: Import/Export

Table 3. Import/Export Type

Import	The file which you select from the file system after confirming the dialog can contain text list entries for both the global text list and for text lists. . Global text list The file is read. Then the text list entries are compared for the same source text and the differences in the translations are accepted. If necessary, the translations are overwritten in the project. . Text lists The file is read. Then the text list entries are compared for the same IDs and the differences in the source text and translations are accepted into the project. If necessary, the text list entries in the project are overwritten. If the file contains a new ID, then the text list entry is imported into the text list of the project and the text list is added.
Import replacement file	The file which you select from the file system after confirming the dialog contains replacements for the global text list. The replacement file is processed row by row and the specified replacements are performed in the global text list. The structure of the replacement file is described in the "Using static text in GlobalTextList" chapter.
Export	The text lists of the current project selected below are exported. All languages available in the project are inserted as columns in the export file. The file can be used for the external translation of the language-dependent texts. One file per textlist: : Each text list selected for export is exported to a separate file. : All text lists selected for export are exported together in one file.
Export only text differences	Requirement: An import file is selected for the comparison in Choose file to compare or to import, and an export file to be written to is selected in Select export file. The import file is read and the lines of the active text list are compared with it. When lines match, they are ignored. When lines differ, the line is written to the export file. Translations from the text list are accepted if necessary. The translations from the import file are accepted and overwritten if necessary.
Use qualified path	: Text lists are exported and imported with full and qualified path name. Example: `Device.Application.TextList` As a result, text lists are found uniquely, even if they occur multiple times in the project with the same name.

Table 4. Selection

This selection list is only available if the Export option is selected above.	List of text lists in the project, each with name (Text List) and Path within the project structure
Select all / Select none	The selection can be made or canceled explicitly for individual text lists by means of the check boxes, or for the entire list by means of these buttons.

For more information, see: Using a Text List