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Excluding Parent Root Element
In the special case when the parent element to be excluded is the root element, the whole XML file is excluded. This is equivalent to ignoring the corresponding object to exclude it from export. The following example creates a case in which the WTPart instances with the number MyNumber are excluded:
<IGNORE_PARENT>
<tag>number</tag>
<value> MyNumber </value
</IGNORE_PARENT>