Import a step program

You can import the step program from an XML file at any time. The XML file may contain also Alias configuration and settings for the Sequencer object.

Note: Before you import a step program, export any existing step program that you want to keep.

The following Step Program configuration data is imported.

• Step Program Name (attribute: PrgName)

• Step Program Comment (attribute: PrgComment)

• Initial Step (attribute: PrgStepInitial)

• Final Step Sequence (attribute: PrgStepFinal)

• Step Sequence (attribute: PrgStepProgram)

  Caution: You cannot import a step program if the Step Program (PrgStepProgram) is locked in the parent template.

To import a Step Program:

1. Select the Step Program tab. The Step Program panel appears.

2. Select the Import button. The Open dialog box appears.

3. Browse to the location of the XML file to load. Select it and select Open. The Select data to import dialog box appears.

   

4. Select the Step Program check box. Select OK. The existing Step Program is overwritten by the configuration from the XML file. Also the Validation window opens and validates the imported configuration.

   Note: If the Step Program option is disabled in the Select data to import dialog box, the corresponding attribute cannot be updated because it is locked in its parent template. When the PrgAliasConfig attribute is locked, importing a new step program with Aliases not defined in the PrgAliasConfig attribute terminates the import and the user is notified with an error message. If there are duplicate StepNames in the new Sequencer program, the import is terminated. If the new Sequencer program is missing information such as triggers, timers, jump to step names and/or attribute references, the import succeeds.