Importing and Exporting Form Sets – Origin & Beyond Quick Articles

Form sets offer a valuable utility by allowing seamless sharing between users and projects. Not only can users share the data itself, but they can also share the way they visualise the data. This article explores the process of importing and exporting form sets in Micromine Origin & Beyond 2023.5.

New in Micromine 2023.5, form sets can now be directly imported from a form set database file, designed to give users a more convenient way to share form sets between projects. Every Origin & Beyond project folder contains a FLVDVAL***.BDB file that stores all of the project's form set information; these are regularly backed up and stored as FLDVAL***.BAK files. Using this method bypasses the requirement to run an export, as form sets can now be accessed directly from the source.

Importing Form Sets

There are now two ways to import form sets into Micromine Origin & Beyond:

1) By using an Exported Set File (*.mmsetx) (this is also how you export form sets; explained later in the article).

2) Directly from a form set database (FLDVAL***.BDB) or form set database backup (FLDVAL***.BAK)

The method being used is dependent on the situation, but the import process is the exact same. To begin importing form sets, open the Import Form Sets tool (Home | Forms | Form Set Manager | Import). On this dialog, navigate to the file you would like to import from to display a list of available form sets. The user can choose to import all sets or import selected sets. After making the selection, pressing Import will copy all of the form sets from the source file into the form set database file for the current project.

Figure 1: Import Form Sets dialog.

Exporting an Exported Set File (*.mmsetx)

In Micromine Origin & Beyond, form sets are exported in an mmsetx format; this is the traditional way of sharing form sets between users/projects. There are three methods of exporting an mmsetx file:

1) The Export Form Sets function (Home | Forms | Form Set Manager | Export) (Figure 2). This method is useful for a bulk export; you can export all forms, every form used in a macro or every form used in a Saved Layer.

Figure 2: Export Form Sets dialog.

2) The Form Set Manager (Home | Forms | Form Set Manager | Manage) (Figure 3). This method is useful for a more selective approach, where you can highlight the individual forms you want to share and press the Export button.