# Select import options

Options available in the Machine Edition Import Wizard - Import Options window will vary depending on the type of application file you are importing.

## Window size conversion

- Use existing window size

  Select this option to leave the imported project window size the same as specified in the original PanelBuilder file.

- Convert to new window size

  Select this option to specify a new window size for the imported project. The size you specify is used for all Replace displays.

- Size (pixels)

  Choose a window size from the list. If you choose a standard window size, the Width and Height boxes fill automatically. If you choose Custom size, type the width and height of the custom window, in pixels, in these boxes.

- Scale graphic displays

  Scaling options apply to imported PanelBuilder and PanelBuilder (.pba, .pvc, or .pva) applications only, and not to FactoryTalk View Machine Edition projects or applications.

  If you check this box, all graphic displays in the converted ME application will change (increase or decrease) to the new window size. Graphic objects on the displays will be resized so that both their size and positions relative to each other remain the same.

- Scaling example

  If this box is not checked, the displays will be resized, and the objects will retain their original size and position in the display. This may result in some objects being outside the display area, but you can still select them and move them onto the display. If they are not moved into the display, they will not be visible at run time.

  Tip: | If you select the scaling option, imported text will not change font size.

## Touch property conversion

- Enable touch on graphic objects from keypad only applications

  Check this box if you want the operator to be able to press objects using a touch screen or mouse

  Clear this box if you want the operator to be able to press objects using a keypad or external keyboard only.

- Caption alignment

  Specify what alignment to use for captions in imported PanelBuilder 1400e (.pvc) applications.

  PanelBuilder objects may have more than one label. Machine Edition objects have only a single caption. If the object being imported has more than one label, all the labels will be converted to a single caption in the Machine Edition object.

  To allow Machine Edition to align object text to look as much like the PanelBuilder application as possible, choose the second option, Match existing alignment without adding spaces.

- Align top left and add spaces to match existing alignment

  If this option is selected, captions in the imported application will be top-left aligned, and spaces and carriage returns will be added to make a single caption with Word Wrap on.

- Match existing alignment without adding spaces

  If this option is selected, captions in the imported application will be made to look as much like they did in the PanelBuilder application as possible without adding spaces. Instead of being top-left aligned, positioning is based on the Alignment property of the object's caption.

  If the imported object has multiple labels, the order the labels will be displayed in the ME caption will be based on their top left position. An appropriate number of carriage returns will be added to separate the labels, depending on the height of the font to be used for the caption. Any labels not separated by carriage returns will have a space added between them.

## External font conversion

Specify what font to use as a replacement for the 'External Font' used in a PanelBuilder (.pba or .pva) application

- Convert external font to

  Select the font to convert to from the drop-down list.

- PanelBuilder application language

  If the application you are converting uses an external font, from the drop-down list, select which language (or code page) was used when the external font was created.

  All ASCII text strings are converted to their Unicode equivalent text strings during conversion.

## See also

Import an application

Select import type

Import a file

Convert PanelBuilder RIO applications

Examples of scaling objects