Import Dialog Box Overview

Use this dialog box to select the file containing the component you wish to import.

Parameters

Look in:

Select the directory in which the component you wish to import resides. (Note that the last location that you opened from is remembered upon subsequent returns.)

Go to Last Folder Visited

Click this button to go back to the previous folder.

This button is active when you are logged in to a server or database and if you are not already at the top level.

Up One Level

Click this button to go up one level in the directory.

This button is active when you are logged in to a server or database and if you are not already at the top level.

Create New Folder

Click this button to create a new folder in the directory.

View Menu

Click this button to select the view type (that is, select between viewing only a list of file names or a list of file names along with the user name).

This button is active when you are logged in to a server or database.

File Name

Displays the currently selected file. You can type in a different file name or select a file name from the list show. You can also select a recent file from the drop-down arrow.

Files of type:

Displays the type of file that will be imported. Control is defaulted to

Logix Designer

XML Files (*.L5X) and is read-only.

Files containing:

Displays the type of component that will be imported (for example, Rungs).

Into

Displays into which routine, program, or task the component will be imported.

Overwrite Selected Rungs

Check to overwrite the selected rung upon import.

The field is checked by default when multiple rungs are selected.

Note that this field only displays for rung imports.

Import

Click this button to initiate the import of the selected component.

Cancel

Click this button to cancel the import and close the Import dialog box.

Help

Click this button for help on the Import dialog box.