# Creation of windows with components thru xml definition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creation-of-windows-with-components-thru-xml-definition/5792>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 2, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creation-of-windows-with-components-thru-xml-definition/5792 "2013-02-02T13:56:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creation-of-windows-with-components-thru-xml-definition/5792/1 "2013-02-02T13:56:15Z")

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For wide project or OEM project with ignition a added value feature will be the possibility to create or modify via import/export a windows and these components thru an xml format.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creation-of-windows-with-components-thru-xml-definition/5792/2 "2013-02-02T15:24:04Z")

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Windows can already be exported and imported, which uses an XML format. Is this not what you’re talking about? ![:scratch:](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/76d1620bec252bfac07050c889ff5a91dc8a9c25.gif ":scratch:")

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**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creation-of-windows-with-components-thru-xml-definition/5792/3 "2013-02-14T21:04:37Z")

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yes,  
but with the functionexport, all the data in the .proj file are binary (\<![CDATA …]]\>)  
not possible to edit.

When we do a ctrl-C with all component selected, an the past it in a notepad,  
the xml provided seem to be manually editable !  
But when we try to import the saved file witha .proj extension,  
the message is :

org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog.