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5 Voting 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
x.0
Indicates the type of file and the version of DCN Next
Generation required to handle it. (required entry) In this
fixed text, the letter ‘x’ represents the major version
number of the DCN Next Generation software.
script name
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
Generation system. (required entry).
<SEP>
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
vote and is incremented for each subsequent vote in the script.)
voting name
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
the previous value for subsequent votes.
voting menu
A number in the range 1-7 that specifies the layout for the
possible answers on the delegate LCD screens: See table 2 for
