Exporting Data from FotoAlbum

Using the FotoAlbum Export Wizard, you can export information about your albums and pictures to a file. This file can be used to import the information into other applications or into another person's albums. The data that is exported can be formatted in two ways:

1. Extensible Markup Language (XML). This provides the most information about your albums and pictures. It contains all information that is known by FotoAlbum. Some applications can make use of the XML format, while others will expect the Comma Separated Format (CSV).
2. Comma Separated Format (CSV). This format is a widely-used format that many programs can import and export to. However, not all of the data elements that FotoAlbum tracks are available in this format because it does not support the data relationships necessary.

When specifying the options for saving the data, you must choose one of these two formats and a destination filename. If you choose the XML format, you must also choose whether to save the files necessary for FotoAlbum to run in a stand-alone manner. If you check the "Save files necessary to run stand-alone (FotoView)", then all of the necessary files to create a FotoCD will be put into this folder. This allows you to manually create a FotoCD with additional level of control. Note: This option is only available if you are exporting both the data (as XML) and pictures.

Once you choose the data format options, you then must choose what albums/groups you want to export. This allows complete control over what data is actually placed in the data file.