Sharing Named Expressions
Use the Import and Export controls in the Named Expressions dialog to share named expressions among projects.
The interchange format is XML structured as follows:
<NamedExpressions>
<Expressions>
<NamedExpression>
<Name>name</Name>
<Label>label</Label>
<Description>description</Description>
<Expression>expression</Expression>
<RequiredSymbolSets>
<SymbolSet>symbol_set_1</SymbolSet>
...
<SymbolSet>symbol_set_n</SymbolSet>
</RequiredSymbolSets>
<Keywords>
<Keyword>keyword_1</Keyword>
...
<Keyword>keyword_n</Keyword>
<Keyword>UserInterface</Keyword>
</Keywords>
</NamedExpression>
.
Each additional named expression is defined in
its own <NamedExpression> element.
.
</Expressions>
<Keywords>
<Keyword>
<Name>keyword</Name>
<Label>keyword_label</Label>
<Description>keyword_description</Description>
<IconName>keyword_icon</IconName>
</Keyword>
.
Each additional application keyword is defined
in its own <Keyword> element.
.
</Keywords>
</NamedExpressions>
The <Keywords> element specifies the application keywords in the DGN library.
Tip: XML is a plain text format so you can create or modify named expressions directly in XML.