Export Application Libraries ​
Exporting application libraries enables you to save your libraries in an ABL File on a disk. This way you can import ADOxx application libraries into other ADOxx Version 1.5 databases and use them there. In addition, this feature serves for backup purposes.
Export an application library by opening the window "Application libraries" (menu**"Libraries"**, option "Application library list" ), select the application library to be exported and click on the button "Export".
The window "Library Export" will appear.
Enter the path and file name of the ABL file containing the application librariy to be exported in the field "File name" and click on the button "Export" to start the export process. Please note that the "Search" button can be used to enable you to select the location and filename. Activate the option "Including files", if you also want to simultaneously export external files stored in the ADOxx database.
Hint
The external files will be exported as an ABL file together with the library definition. To export single external files, please use the export function from data management.
Finally, click on the button "Export", to start export of an application library.
When the application libraries have been exported successfully, an information window will inform you that the export process is finished.
Close the window by clicking on the "Close" button or by pressing the "Enter" key.
The ABL file format:
The ABL file format is the binary format for ABL files in the file system. When exporting an application library from the database, the ADOxx library information is converted into this format.
ADOxx administrators must take into account that the ABL format was modified during ADOxx development: ABL files for ADOxx up to version 3.9 have a different file format than newer ABL files. The exact file format depends on the version of the ADOxx Development Toolkit the export was done with: The older Development Toolkits always create the old file format while the newer ones always export into the new format. This has to be regarded for a future library import.
ABL files are generated when exporting application libraries from within the Development Toolkit.
An application library which has been exported into an ABL file may be imported into the ADOxx Development Toolkit on another computer.