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The import wizard allows you to share your image collection settings with friends. This allows other people who have Web Image Collector to send you their image collections so that you can download the same images they have. This feature will not send the images that were downloaded, rather it sends the instructions to have your Web Image Collector download the same images.
The import wizard reads XML data containing all the settings needed for an image collection. This XML data is created by using the export wizard in Web Image Collector. You can use the XML to bring in the image collection settings and begin collecting images.
XML is a format to structure, store and send information. An XML file is always text based and can be opened with notepad, textepad, emacs, or other text editors (and most web browsers can open and display XML files).
To import an image collection, first click on the import button on the toolbar.
This page lets you import an image collection shared by friends or the WIC user community.
This option will load XML that you can copy and paste into Web Image Collector directly. For example, if a friend emails you the XML data from an image collection it can arrive as a file attachment or directly in the email message. Because XML is simple text, you can select the XML and copy, then paste it into Web Image Collector.
This option will load XML from a file on your computer. For example if a friend emails you the XML of an image collection as a email attachment, you can save the email attachment file to your computer, then load the file into Web Image Collector using this option.
If you select the option 'Import XML from a text field' then you will arrive at this page.
On this page, you can paste the XML of the image collection into the text field and the image collection. will appear in WIC. Afterward, you can click the collect button and the images will download to your computer. To paste the XML in the text field, simply highlight and copy image collection XML and click the paste button.
If you select the option 'Import XML from a file' then you will arrive at this page.
On this page, you can type in the name of a file to import or click the Browse button and choose a source filename. When you have specified your file name, click next to import the XML to a file.