Import and Export Station Points
Use the Distance Profile Properties dialog to set up the table of the profile line items in the distance profile properties, import, and export data from or to the Windows clipboard.
Ways to access
Open a distance profile. In the Distance Profile Properties dialog, click the Import and Column Settings button.
Options
Grid settings
Each line in the dialog above represents one column of the grid in the distance profile properties.
To change the order of items click the button resp. This will move the columns in the distance profile properties left and right.
In the column 'Custom name' enter a user-defined name for a required column header.
Show - If this option is activated for the line then this column is visible in the distance profile properties.
Column name and Column number both refer to the import. They describe the position of the value in a tab-separated clipboard line text. If you enter the column number, the corresponding column name is generated and reversed (e. g. 1 = A and 2 = B).
Import and export - If this column is checked the value gets imported or exported.
General settings
Hide not visible rows - Activate the checkbox to hide disabled rows.
Import - Click this button to import the data from the clipboard into the current profile.
Export - Click this button to export the data from the current profile to the clipboard.
Set default - Press this button to reestablish the basic settings within the dialog.
OK - Saves the changes to the 'Column settings.
Cancel - Close the dialog without saving.
Example
A spreadsheet with an additional column 'additional info should not be imported.
Relative definition for an import.
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