Export of all formal modules from a folder

SystemAdmin - Thu Aug 05 21:58:37 EDT 2010
Exporting of DOORS formal modules can be achieved using the Archive feature which can be found under the File menu in the DOORS Explorer (DE) window.

The Archive feature will create an external copy of a selected formal module in the form of a special zip file (uses a .dma file extension). These archive files can be restored back into a DOORS server using the File\Restore feature.

NOTE Because your exporting just the formal module, this will not include any incoming or outgoing link information.

Rather than archiving each Formal Module one by one, you can archive them as a group. In order to do this, the parent folder needs to become a Project type folder. You can temporarily convert standard yellow folders into project type folders by using The File\Convert to Project menu option in the DOORS Explorer. You can then select the Project folder in the right hand pane of the DOORS Explorer window and then apply the archive feature - this will be stored externally with a .dpa file extension. You can then convert the project folder back to a standard yellow folder.

Hope that helps.

Mathias Mamsch - Fri Aug 06 06:08:26 EDT 2010
Technically this is not 100% accurate. When you archive a module, the out- and inlinks are stored in the archive. They are just not restored, when you restore the module. If you would copy the archived module files directly to the server then the links would be there. Regards, Mathias

SystemAdmin - Fri Aug 06 18:38:50 EDT 2010
Mathias wrote: "If you would copy the archived module files directly to the server then the links would be there"

Are you saying that if the archive file is unzipped back onto the DOORS DB server data area, that the module will appear with all links intact? As if you would easily know where to unzip within the DB file structure in the first place, and the zipped files in the archive are not the files that you typically see on the DB server anyway so what is it that your saying here?

fold - Fri Aug 06 16:00:28 EDT 2010
Oh sorry (I'm a beginner),

I expressed myself wrongly.

With "export" I mean to export a formal module e.g. as csv-format.

What I want is to have a small dxl-script, which parses all formal modules in a folder and does the export (e.g. in csv-format).
I hope you know now better what I want

Best regards

Mathias Mamsch - Mon Aug 09 14:51:20 EDT 2010
There are quite some similar requests already in that forum. I don't know of a public available solution, so you might need to do your own script. We probably can help you with all the questions that will arise during your "journey". Regards, Mathias

patrickc3000 - Mon Mar 21 17:07:05 EDT 2011
I, like the original poster, also am in need of a way to use dxl to batch export from a folder to .csv files. When you said, there were already similar posts in "that" forum, which forum did you mean?