Using Database Connection Configuration Files |
You can use a database connection configuration file to apply a custom configuration to a new or existing database connection. To do this, you export a configuration from one BarTender document to an XML file that you can then use in another BarTender document.
Exported files contain all the configuration information, including filters, sort order, records-per-item data, and database joins, for all the databases in a single connection.
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Query prompts, named data sources, and global data fields are not exported and must be added to a database connection after the configuration file is imported. |
After you export a database connection configuration file, you can use it to create a new database connection for a document when you use the Database Setup wizard for the first time. Or, you can import the file to an existing database connection; when you do this, existing configuration settings are replaced by the settings in the imported file.
The import feature is not available for document actions or other features that support only limited database connections.
To export database connection configuration settings to an XML file
To create a new database connection by using an exported configuration file
To import configuration settings to an existing database connection