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This code template is used to export contents to an XML file's from the designated data origin.

**Data Origin**

Press the** **ellipsis button to select a valid label of a GROUP, FILE, VIEW or QUEUE that holds the XML contents to export to an XML file. Press the "**E**" button to call the Expression Editor. This dialog is used to help you construct syntactically correct expressions to use in the **Data Origin** prompt.

**Export file**

Press the ellipsis button to select the valid XML source file name to export to. If you wish to select this file at runtime, check the **Select export file at runtime **check box. You may also specify a variable here (Example: //!FilenameVariable//).

**Mapping file (optional)**

Press the ellipsis button to select a valid XML mapping file to use during the export process. In Clarion terms, mapping refers to associating an XML tag or schema to a database column name. If you wish to select this file at runtime, check the **Select mapping file at runtime **check box. You may also specify a variable here (Example: //!FilenameVariable//).

**Root Tag:**

Enter a hard coded string value, or specify a variable that will identify the root tag name (using the //!variablename// format) to begin the import from.

**Row Tag:**

Enter a hard coded string value, or specify a variable that will identify the row tag name (using the //!variablename// format) to begin the import from.

**XML Style**

Select //Tag-based// or //Attribute-based//. This setting controls the XML formatted output style.