How Do I Import a Character from Hero Lab?

**AURapier** · March 7th, 2016, 20:36

I've tried searching through the forums for instructions on how to import characters and either I'm doing something wrong or the threads I've read are out of date. How does one go about importing a character? I'd love to import characters that already have all the information from the supplements in them rather than ccopy/pasting from the SRD into FG. Is this possible?

**Zacchaeus** · March 7th, 2016, 21:17

Hi, AURapier and welcome to Fantasy Grounds and to the community.

For what ruleset are you talking about? I believe that you can import characters for 3.5 (or Pathfinder I think it's called now) from HeroLab. Here's a link.

For 5e and other rulesets however it isn't possible at the moment.

**Trenloe** · March 7th, 2016, 22:21

For Pathfinder (and 3.5E) see the "Importing your PC from HeroLab" section here: https://www.fg-con.com/information/p...ntasy-grounds/

**AURapier** · March 11th, 2016, 01:27

So I've tried to import a character from Hero Lab a couple of time and I keep getting the following Console Message:

Conversion Start
Version: 3.0.6.A
Game System: PFRPG
Ruleset: PFRPG
Source Format: Hero Lab (.hlfg)
.Path: C:\Users\AURapier\Desktop\FG Characters\Adayr.hlfg
Output to Xml: false
Import to Local Character List: true
.Path: C:\ProgramData\Fantasy Grounds\characters\PFRPG.xml
Import to Campaign: false
Using module manager: true
.Module: 3.5E-basicrules.mod
.Module: 3.5E-magicitems.mod
.Module: 3.5E-spells.mod
.Module: PF-SRD-Basic-Rules.mod
.Module: PF-SRD-Spells.mod
Using local xslt: false
----Conversion Results----
Adayr successfully converted.
Node Read Error. <Name:character; Path:name>
Could not import Adayr to local character list. Error: Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\Fantasy Grounds\characters\PFRPG.xml' is denied.

What am I doing wrong?
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**Trenloe** · March 11th, 2016, 01:30

Run the import tool as administrator.

And don't have FG open in manage characters while importing to the local cache.

**AURapier** · March 11th, 2016, 01:58

Wow. Thanks. I appreciate the help. I gotta admit, I feel kinda dumb. LOL

**GavinKaos** · November 24th, 2017, 17:32

I am having issues with it as well. I keep getting an error. xslt error.PNG

Thanks for any help you can give. I have tried unchecking and checking local XSLT option

**Trenloe** · November 24th, 2017, 17:42

Originally Posted by GavinKaos

I am having issues with it as well. I keep getting an error.

Welcome to the forums!

That is not an error, that is a message when you click the "Export Conversion Sheets" menu. This is not converting the character. Click the "Convert" button further down in the window - if you don't see this button, resize the window (make it larger).

**GavinKaos** · November 24th, 2017, 18:16

Your awesome! That worked. I didn't have the convert button on my screen so I had to change the window size. Thanks again.

**savoylen** · November 26th, 2017, 04:05

This is good to know... thanks!

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