Extract attached files

Files attached to a project, Historian object, HMI display,
FactoryTalk Alarms and Events
 server, controller, library, library object, or Batch object can be extracted to a folder of your choice. When extracting the attachments from the various scopes in a project, all the objects within the scope have their attachment include conditions evaluated and only those attachments that evaluate to true will be extracted to their relative path. If the relative path is parameterized, the path will be resolved. If the resolved path is invalid, the attachment will be extracted to the root extraction folder. Attachments that are the same, but have a different relative path will be extracted into each of the relative paths. Attachments that exist at the relative path will be overwritten.
To extract attached files in System View
  1. In
    System View
    , right-click one of the following, then select
    Extract Attached Files
    :
    • The ACM project
    • A Historian object
    • An HMI display
    • A
      FactoryTalk Alarms and Events
       server
    • A Batch server
    • A controller or controllers
    • A library
    • A library object
  2. In
    Browse for Folder
    , select a folder where the files should be extracted, then select
    OK
    .
To extract attached files in Registered Libraries
  1. In
    Register Libraries
    , right-click an object or its descendant objects with an attachment, and then select
    Extract Attached Files
    .
  2. In
    Browse for Folder
    , select a folder where the file should be extracted or create a folder, and then click
    OK
    .
To extract attached files in Class View
  1. In
    Class View
    , right-click an object or its descendant objects with an attachment, and then select
    Extract Attached Files
    .
  2. In
    Browse for Folder
    , select a folder where the file should be extracted or create a folder, and then click
    OK
    .
    When you extract an attachment in
    Class View
    , if the extraction path of an attachment in the library is configured as
    {ObjectName}\Folder1\Folder2
     by an expression in
    Library Object Manager
     and the Object instance is "XV100", then upon extraction of the attachment the extracted relative path will be
    XV100\Folder1\Folder2
    .
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