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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
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<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
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<title>Creating a new metadata file</title>
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<h2>Creating a new metadata file</h2>
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<p>If your project does not already contain any metadata (<i>.metaxml</i>) files, create a new file as follows:</p>
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<li>Select <b>File > New > Other...</b>.</li>
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<li>Select <b>Carbide Extension > API metadata file</b>, and click <b>Next</b>.</li>
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<li>Enter the API name and press <b>Finish</b>. <p>The name of the metadata file is generated based on the API name, as shown on the wizard page:</p>
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<p><img src="images/step_11.png"></p>
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<p><b>Note:</b> When naming the Application Programming Interface (API), follow the Symbian S60 naming conventions. For more information on different types of APIs and their naming, look for the guidelines in the <a href="http://www.symbian.com/developer/techlib/v70sdocs/doc_source/DevGuides/EssentialIdioms/NamingConvs.guide.html" target="_new">Symbian Developer Library</a>.</p></li>
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<li>Click <b>Finish</b>. <p>The <i>.metaxml</i> file is created to the Project Explorer view.</p></li>
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<h5>Related tasks</h5>
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<ul>
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	<li><a href="edit_metadata.htm">Editing a metadata file</a></li>
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<div id="footer">Copyright &copy; 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). All rights reserved. 
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License: <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html">http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html</a>.</div>
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