Add import button in DTA Author Actions menu

[whyme]

Under Document Type Association > Author > Actions there is a button that allows you to export actions, but not a comparable button to allow you to import them. The current documentation is unclear on how to import actions that have been saved elsewhere.

[alex_jitianu]

Hello,

If you already have author actions saved into individual files then you need to put them in one of the 2 places we look for them:
1. {framework_directory}/externalAuthorActions - If there are multiple framework subdirectories inside {framework_directory}, using this path structure will make the actions available to all of them.
2. {framework_directory}/{framework_file_name}_externalAuthorActions - Using this path structure will make the actions only available in the framework stored inside the {framework_file_name} framework file.

I'll review the documentation, to see how we can make things clearer. I'll also add an issue to offer an Import action that will copy the files to one of those locations.

Kind regards,
Alex Jitianu

[kmank]

I am recently getting into this where I have dozens of custom actions that need to be shared.
I have all the actions exported, but it seems very difficult to find where Oxygen is looking for them. Best I can find when I export a default action is that it ends up in the 'AppData\Local\Temp\OxygenXMLTemp' folder. Copying my exported actions to this location and restarting Oxygen does not show the custom actions as available.
Any help on this is greatly appreciated.

[sorin_carbunaru]

Hi!

When you try to export an action, Oxygen should take you to the folder where the external actions reside for that framework. My colleague Alex already mentioned the locations in a previous post.

You can also check the location by hovering over the first cell of the row corresponding to an action from the Actions table, in the framework configuration dialog:

image.png

Hope this help.

All the best wishes,
Sorin Carbunaru
Oxygen XML Editor

[kmank]

I was aware of that - but thanks for pointing it out.
When I go to the folder that is displayed (as in your screencap) and place the exported actions from the other machine there, they do not appear in the actions tab. Even after restarting Oxygen.
One thing: I notice that when I export a standard action, the exported file has the name of the action (underline.xml). When I export a custom action, it has a filename of 'oxy_Type.Defect.xml1387598899875284631.xml'. Is this normal?

Update: after a few times going in and out of Preferences and restarting Oxygen, they seem to be appearing, but kind of like they are trickling in a few at a time. Is there a feature to refresh external storage?

[sorin_carbunaru]

Hi!

I just tried exporting an action that I quickly created in a framework using the Oxygen GUI, and the proposed name was correct (the action ID value + the "xml" extension).

I also copied an existing action file in the same location where I had the previous action, and after I restarted Oxygen, the action was loaded without any problems.

By the way, I am using a recent installation of Oxygen XML Editor 26.0. Do you happen to use an older version? Or maybe one that uses a CMS?

Cheers,
Sorin Carbunaru