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5Voting import/export

5.1 Introduction

The DCN Next Generation Voting applications can import voting scripts and export voting results. The voting import and export takes into account the ImportSeparator setting in the Database section of DCNNG.INI:

[Database]

ImportSeparator=,

This setting determines what character is used to separate fields in import and/or export files. The default separator is a comma (“,”). The default separator will be used when no separator is specified in the DCNNG.INI-file.

5.2 Import voting script

5.2.1 Introduction

In voting scripts the DCN Next Generation operator can prepare a voting even if the DCN Next Generation system is not running. A voting script is a simple ASCII file that describes one or more voting rounds. The default extension of the voting script file is “imp”, but voting script files with different extension can be imported also. When imported into the DCN Next Generation, these voting rounds are the same as those made with the Multi and/or Parliamentary Voting applications.

5.2.2 Import file layout

Settings that do not apply for a particular type of vote are simply ignored, but the separator characters that delimit these entries must be present.

File starts with the line:

DCNNG VOTING SCRIPT x.0<SEP>script name<EOL>

where:
DCNNG VOTING SCRIPT	Indicates the type of file and the version of DCN Next
x.0	Generation required to handle it. (required entry) In this
	fixed text, the letter ‘x’ represents the major version
script name	number of the DCN Next Generation software.
	Name of the script to be stored in the database. 8
	characters maximum. A script cannot be imported if it has
	a name which is already present in the DCN Next
<SEP>	Generation system. (required entry).
	Indicates a separator character.
<EOL>	Indicates an end of line (carriage return (0x0D) and
	newline character(0x0A)).

A 2-line entry follows for each vote:

First line:

voting number<SEP>voting name<SEP>voting subject<SEP>voting kind<SEP>voting menu<SEP>not used<SEP>not used<SEP>interim results<SEP>number of answers<EOL>

where:

voting number	This must be in the range 1-9999. (The default is 1 for the first
voting name	vote and is incremented for each subsequent vote in the script.)
	20 characters maximum. Default empty.
voting subject	132 characters maximum. Default empty.
voting kind	A number in the range 1-6 that specifies the type of vote: See
	table 1 for explanation. The default is 1 for the first vote and is
voting menu	the previous value for subsequent votes.
	A number in the range 1-7 that specifies the layout for the
	possible answers on the delegate LCD screens: See table 2 for

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