Project installation package PIP - Extraction of transfermodule (artransfer.br)

If an installation package (PIP) is created using Automation Studio or MpBackup, this is created from various files.

  • arnbcfg.xml - Target identification
  • piconfig.xml - Information on the installation of the transfer module
  • artransfer.br - Transfermodule contains all data to update the target like the AR, project- and user-file

This is nicely described in the Automation Studio help under the following link.

Automation Studio Help - Aufbau des Installationspakets

Even if the transfer file (artransfer.br) is a br module, it can be useful in various situations to view and compare the data it contains or to extract the data saved on the user partition.

The file of the transfer module (artransfer.br) can be unpacked twice using any compression tool (e.g. 7zip).
The folder structure of the package can then be seen directly.

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