FLEx file
To export multiple files as FLEx files, click on > > . This process involves 4 steps.
Step 1/4: File selection and element mapping
Figure 168. Export as FLEx file step 1
First you have to select the files that are to be exported. You can select multiple files, choose any one of the below options
: This will option a multiple file selection dialog which allows you to select multiple files and you can also choose a directory to export all the files in the directory.
Next select if you want to export the interlinear-text and paragraph tier. You can set the correct tier type to use as element type and paragraph type in de dialog below that.
Step 2/4: Export Settings
Figure 169. Export as FLEx file step 2
In this step you can select a tier type to use for the 'morph-type' tiers. It's also possible to uncheck this, if not needed. From the dialog, you can also map the tier types to the different items, which are listed on top.
Step 3/4: Element-item 'type' and language attribute
Figure 170. Element-item type and language attribute.
In the next dialog, you can specify the element-item tier type and set a language for it. ELAN can try to extract that from a tier name, (if the box is checked) but it is also possible to add (or remove) a value for a language or type. To do so, enter a value ('en' in this example) and click . Then, you can select the added value from the drop-down menu under 'language'. You need to set a type and language for every Tier Type Name in order to be able to go to the final step. For more information on the structure of FLEx, see Figure 69, “FLEx to ELAN structure”.
Step 4/4: Save as settings
Figure 171. Save as Settings
