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7CHAPTERImporting and Exporting ObjectDefinitionsThis chapter describes the administrative tasks involved in managingAR System objects. Managing objects of a particular server involvesexporting definitions from one server and importing them to anotherserver or into a source control system that has been integrated with theAR System server. A definition is the description of the structure inwhich the objects (forms, menus, filters, escalations, active links,applications, packing lists, and guides) in AR System are organized,identified, and manipulated in the AR System server.! AR System Object Definitions on page 178! Exporting and Importing Definitions on page 179! Exporting and Importing View Definitions on page 187Note: Exporting and importing definition (.def or .xml) files is not the sameas importing data (.arx,.asc, .csv, or xml) file records. To export data,you must use AR System Windows User Tool to export the data to afile, as described in the online help for AR System Windows User Tooland in Exporting AR System Data to a File on page 173. To import data,you must use AR System Import, which is described in Chapter 8,Importing Data into AR System FormsImporting and Exporting Object Definitions ! 177