There must be some fields defined in order to export XML, since only the contents of fields found on each page will be exported. See Defining fields and tags.

Click to expand/collapse this hidden textTo export data fields to XML
1.Choose Export... from the 'File' menu or press Ctrl E keys.
2.Set up the 'Page number range' of the pages you want to export, see Selecting page ranges.
3.To avoid a new file overwriting an existing file with the same name, tick Do not overwrite files. See Overwriting files.
4.Choose XML data fields as the 'Format'. To set further options click XML field options...: see Outputting to XML.
oA default file name (with extension .XML) is provided. To create a different filename or extension, type in the new name or use wild-cards. To select a different folder to store the file, use the Browse... button. Or
oCheck the LPR box; the filename will be supplied automatically.
5.Choose whether or not to Create XSL, CSS and HTM files: see Creating XML stylesheets.
6.Choose whether to Run the associated program after creating the file or not. See also Associated programs.
7.You may choose to export:
oall the data fields defined in the job: click All defined fields, or
oonly some of the data fields:
•To set up a new selection of fields, click Select... to display the 'Field Definitions' window. Right click on a field name in the Fields list and choose Select for Export. Repeat for other fields you wish to export; you may select Unselect for export if you decide not to export a selected field. Click OK to return to the 'Export' window; the Selected fields only option is selected automatically.
•To export an existing selection of fields, choose Selected fields only option.
8.Further options may be set up on the Log File page of the Configuration dialog: click Log file....
9.Click OK to export the fields.
Click to expand/collapse this hidden textTo extract XML data fields when exporting to other formats

If you are exporting to an image or other format, the fields can be extracted simultaneously into XML. In this case the file is not given the extension XML, but a .LOG file is created instead.

•Choose the image or other export Format and set any options required (see Exporting files manually) then select the field logging options – see Log file export.

 

Links

Setting Log file options

Extract data