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Using the Header File to Import Data #!N #!EC #!N #!N 
Once you have created a Data Prompter header file, the next 
step is to use that file to import the data it 
describes. The basic procedure follows: #!N #!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18*   #!N #!N 
#!I30 #!N 1. Place an Import tool icon on the VPE 
canvas (see  #!Ltstapi,dxall28 h Selecting tools and placing icons  #!EL  ). #!N #!I30 #!N 2. Double click on 
the icon to invoke the configuration dialog box (see  #!Ldp1219,dxall178 f Figure 19  #!EL  ). 
#!N #!I30 #!N 3. The following information is required: #!N #!I0 
#!N  #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18*   #!N #!N #!I30 #!N a. The (path)  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   name 
#!EF of the header file to be imported (in the first 
text field of the  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   Value #!EF column (at right). If 
the Import module is part of a network displayed in the 
VPE, the path name appears automatically. #!N #!I30 #!N b. Set 
 #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   format #!EF (the third field of the column) #!N #!I30 
#!N c. Set  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   format #!EF (the third field of the 
column) to "general" unless the header file already has that as 
its extension. #!N #!I0 #!N #!EF #!N #!Cbrown #!N  #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18*    #!Rdp1219 
#!N Figure 19. Import Configuration Dialog Box. #!N Graphics omitted from 
Online Documentation. Please see the manual. #!N #!EF #!N #!EC #!N 
#!N #!I0 #!N Notes: #!N #!I30 #!N a. Header files created 
with the Data Prompter are given this extension automatically when they 
are saved with Save As... (Step 10 of Example 1 in 
 #!Lex1a,dxall116 s To save the header file  #!EL  ). #!N #!I30 #!N b. The  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   variable #!EF parameter 
can be used to import a subset of the variables specified 
by the  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   field #!EF keyword statement. For the General Array 
format, by default, all variables are imported. #!I0 #!N #!N #!N 
#!I0 #!N #!EF #!N The specified data file will now be 
imported when any visualization program containing this Import module is run. 
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