# MWEL state graph **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [April 8, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/mwel-state-graph/268 "2019-04-08T13:23:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cstawarz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/mworks.discourse.group/cstawarz/32/3_2.png) [@cstawarz](https://mworks.discourse.group/u/cstawarz)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/mwel-state-graph/268/1 "2019-04-08T13:23:07Z")
Hi Chris, I wrote some code a while ago to parse the XML experiment files and produce a state machine graph (example attached). This helps me a lot during debugging, especially for more complicated expts. Is there an easy way to convert the MWEL files to XML so I can use this? Or alternatively, would you be interested in taking this code, bringing it up to date, and including it in MWorks? Mark ---
**Author:** ![cstawarz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/mworks.discourse.group/cstawarz/32/3_2.png) [@cstawarz](https://mworks.discourse.group/u/cstawarz)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/mwel-state-graph/268/2 "2019-04-08T13:35:58Z")
Hi Mark, > Is there an easy way to convert the MWEL files to XML so I can use this? Yes, like this: ``` /Library/Application\ Support/MWorks/MWEL/mwel2xml exp.mwel > exp.xml ``` If you want the output to be a bit more readable (by a human), use the option `--omit-metadata`: ``` /Library/Application\ Support/MWorks/MWEL/mwel2xml --omit-metadata exp.mwel > exp.xml ``` Cheers, Chris ---
**Author:** ![cstawarz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/mworks.discourse.group/cstawarz/32/3_2.png) [@cstawarz](https://mworks.discourse.group/u/cstawarz)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/mwel-state-graph/268/3 "2022-07-19T20:54:33Z")