User guide

External control user guide
March 27, 2015 Version 1.7.2.0 13
Finding a control in a project using its alias
1. Press CTRL+F.
The Find dialog box is displayed.
2. In the list, click controls by alias.
3. In the Alias box, type the name of the alias to search for.
4. Click OK.
The search results will be displayed on the Find Results tab at the bottom of the NWare
window.
5. Click a search result to jump to the device in the project.
Finding the control alias definitions inside the NWare project file
All the control aliases in a project are stored in a file called control_alias.xml. This file is kept
inside the project .npa file, which is a zip file.
 To find the control alias definitions inside the NWare project file
1. Open Windows Explorer, and then locate the NWare .npa project file.
2. Change the file extension to .zip.
3. Double-click the new .zip file to display its contents.
4. Locate the file control_alias.xml inside the zip file, and then open this file in an editor.
Each of the control alias definitions looks like this:
<alias alias="EQ1_BW" ruid="//devices/41/controls/bandwidth" />
The alias name is EQ1_BW in this example. You can use the NWare find function (on page
13) to locate this control in the project using its alias.
Some aliases are generated automatically, like this one for a Kiosk2Go control:
<alias alias="X139753064" ruid="//devices/28/controls/message" />
Exporting control alias names into a CSV file
You can export a list of alias names that have been assigned manually to controls in a project.
The list is created in CSV format.
Note: Names that are generated automatically by NWare are not included in the export.
 To export alias names into a CSV file
1. On the File menu, click Export Control Aliases.
2. Choose a location and file name for the exported file.