In both cases the purpose is to export existing
objects
to a text (or a text file) for example to print it, or to import objects from a
text (or a text file).
Exporting
Select Commands/export... menu command. You will be presented with a
dialog, in which you can specify which fields you want to export. Then you may
copy the contents to the clipboard, or press Continue if you want to save
it to a text file.
Importing
Using this tool, you can copy files from given locations to current folder.
You can copy files from local\networked computer, as well as from the Internet
(HTTP protocol).
Note: you may need to manually refresh (Alt+R) after this operation.
Select Commands/import... menu command. The parts of a dialog which
will appear are:
Paths to import, text control. These are the files' and
directories' paths to proceed with. You can load it from a text file.
Important note: these have to be paths or URL's, separated with newlines, nothing
else. That is, for example
If there is anything else, ACB will not proceed. So you cannot right now
import files from csv files, because something like that is forbidden:
path
size
c:\windows\notepad.exe 3434
buttons: paste from clipboard - inserts the content of the clipboard to
the edit control. Load from text file allows you to load a text file.
options:
Copy: means that the
objects are to be copied. Create links or url's: will
create links to the objects, unless URL will be found n the text control (e.g.
http://www.konradp.com ), then
url files will be created.
Since version 2.44, in this way you can also download files from the
Internet. However, there are a few considerations, more:
Downloading files
from the Internet
to a text (or a text file) for example to print it, or to import objects from a
text (or a text file).