Extracting Multiple Schemas

The Schemas sheet, shown in the following image, is displayed when you select the Multiple Schemas option button in Options group box of the Extract Options sheet of the Extract dialog.

The Schemas sheet enables you to specify the schemas that you want to extract. The current schema is displayed in the selected schemas list box at the right of the sheet.

To specify your schemas

1. The hierarchy of all schemas is displayed, to enable you to make your selections.

   From the candidate schemas list box at the left of the dialog, select one or more schemas that you want to extract to a file. System schemas that cannot be extracted from your schema (for example, the RootSchema) are disabled. Use one of the following methods to select the required schemas.

   • Double-click on the appropriate schema.

     The selected schema is then displayed in the selected schemas list box at the right of the dialog. Repeat this action until all of the schemas that you want to extract are displayed in the selected schemas list box.

   • Click on a schema that you want to extract and then click the > button to move the selected schema to the selected schemas list box. Repeat this action until all of the required schemas are displayed in the selected schemas list box.

   • To move all user-defined schemas to the selected schemas list box, click the >> button. All schemas are then displayed in the selected schemas list box at the right of the dialog.

   • As the candidate schemas list box is a multiple-selection list box, you can use the Shift or Ctrl key to select a group of schemas and then click the > button to move the selected schemas to the selected schemas list box.

   When schemas have been selected for extraction and are displayed in the selected schemas list box, they are dimmed in the candidate schemas list box.

2. You can move schemas selected for extract from the selected schemas list box back to the candidate schemas list box, to exclude them from the extract. The actions required to do this are identical to those described in step 1 of this instruction, except that the < button is used to move a single schema and the << button to move all schemas selected for extraction back to the candidate schemas list box.

3. When all schemas that you want to extract from the RootSchema are displayed in the selected schemas list box on the right of the dialog, click the OK button. Alternatively, perform one of the following actions.

   • If you want to return to the Extract Options sheet to change the name of location of your schema or forms file, click the tab of that sheet.

   • If you want to return to the Schema Options sheet to change the options that apply to all of the schemas that you extract (for example, encrypting the schema source), click the tab of that sheet.

   • Click the Cancel button to abandon the extract.

When you click the OK button, the extraction of your selected schemas is then started.