# VM > Export: the VM (halted) as an XVA file, streamed from XAPI's /export to the disk (src/Form/ExportForm.php)form: title: 'Export VM' dialog: true width: 580 fontSize: 13 accent: '#0078d7' layout: column padding: 20 gap: 10 children: - type: row gap: 12 children: - {class: App\Gui\IconBox, kind: vm, width: 32, height: 32} - type: column gap: 0 children: - {type: label, id: heading, text: 'Export VM', style: subtitle} - {type: label, id: where, text: '', style: muted, size: 12} - {type: label, text: 'The VM is saved as an XVA file (its configuration and its disks): File > Import brings it back, in this pool or another.', wrap: true, style: muted} - {type: label, text: 'File:'} - type: row gap: 8 children: - {type: textbox, id: path, grow: 1, events: {submit: onExportClick}} - {type: button, id: browse, text: 'Browse…', events: {click: onBrowseClick}} - {type: checkbox, id: compress, text: 'Compress the file (gzip: smaller, a little slower)', checked: true} - {type: label, id: size, text: '', style: muted, size: 12, wrap: true} - {type: label, id: error, text: '', color: '#d1242f', wrap: true} - type: row gap: 8 children: - {type: spacer} - {type: button, id: export, text: 'Export', style: primary, default: true, events: {click: onExportClick}} - {type: button, id: cancel, text: Cancel, cancel: true, events: {click: onCancelClick}}