# FactoryTalk View graphic XML file

The FactoryTalk View graphic display XML (Extensible Markup Language) file is an XML document that describes an entire graphic display, including:

- Display settings
- Graphic objects
- Properties
- Connections
- Animations
- Key assignments
- Grouping
- Wallpaper

A FactoryTalk View graphic display XML file contains the following parts:

- XML declaration
- XML element
- Root element

A FactoryTalk View graphic display XML file may contain the following elements, attributes, and characters:

- XML elements and attributes
- displaySettings element
- Graphic object elements
- group elements
- Special characters

The easiest way to understand how the parts of a display relate to an XML file is to create a display, add objects to it, and export the file and see how it describes the display.

Tip: | Use the Graphics Import Export Wizard to import and export the XML information about graphic displays, and modify the exported files using a text editor such as Notepad. Picture or OLE object does not support XML import or export.

To determine whether an XML file is well-formed, open the file in Internet Explorer. If the XML code appears in Internet Explorer, the file is well-formed. If the file is not well-formed, Internet Explorer will show an error message. Advanced users of XML can create XML documents programmatically using programs such as Microsoft Visual Basic and Microsoft Visual C++. For more information about XML, go to http://www.w3.org/XML.

## See also

Graphic display XML file structure

Graphic display XML schema

Graphic display XML file elements and attributes

Batch Import File Format

Keywords: XML file