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The information in this Wiki Page applies to TANE, TRS19 and Trainz Plus. This guide will show you how to backup a Picklist.

For instructions on how to create a Picklist, see the Trainz Wiki page How to Create a Picklist
For instructions on how to move a Picklist, see the Trainz Wiki page How to Move a Picklist
For instructions on how to rename a Picklist, see the Trainz Wiki page How to Rename a Picklist (but most of the instructions for doing this are found on this current page)

Access Your Current Picklists

Steps

Open CM and Your Picklists

From the Trainz Launcher select Manage Content

In TRS19 (all versions) SP4 and Trainz Plus SP4

Open the Filter List

Pick List Filter

Select the Picklist to be backed up. This will open the Picklist.

In TRS19 SP4 and Trainz Plus SP4 you CAN select and backup the Default Picklist

In T:ANE and TRS19 (all versions) SP3 and Trainz Plus SP3 and earlier

in Content Manager open the Content menu
select Edit Picklist

This will display all your current Picklists.

right mouse click on the required Picklist
select Open Picklist from the popup menu

This will open the Picklist

In T:ANE and TRS19/Trainz Plus SP3 (and earlier) you CANNOT select and backup the Default Picklist

Select Picklist Contents:

left mouse click on any one of the items
press Ctrl-A to Select All the items

Transfer List to a New Window:

right mouse click on any one of the items
select List Assets in New Window from the popup menu

Notes:
The option Export to CDP appears in the menu list but this will export all the selected assets (with ALL their meshes, textures, config.txt files, etc) and not just a list of <kuids>. The resulting .cdp file can easily be many megabytes in size.

Copy Assets in Picklist:

The Picklist assets will be listed by their kuids in the Asset KUID box of a new search filter

click inside the Asset KUID box and press Ctrl-A to select them all
copy the asset list to the clipboard (press Ctrl-C)

Transfer the List to Notepad (or Any Text Editor)

Steps

Open Notepad or Any Other Suitable Text Editor:

open your favourite text editor (MS Notepad, Notepad++, etc)
click inside the Notepad window and then press Ctrl-V (paste)

Save the Picklist as a Text (.txt) File:

from the Notepad File menu select Save or press Ctrl-S. If you are not using Notepad, make sure that the file format is text (.txt) for compatibility select a suitable backup location for the backup file enter a filename - the same name as the Picklist would be a good idea - then save

How to Restore a Picklist

Restoring a Picklist basically involves reversing the above steps

Steps

Open Notepad or Other Text Editor:

open your favourite text editor (MS Notepad, Notepad++, etc) load the saved Picklist text file, from Step 2 of Transfer the List to Notepad process explained above, into Notepad select all the text - press Ctrl-A copy the text to the clipboard - press Ctrl-C

Open CM in the Destination Trainz and Create a New Filter:

in the copy of Trainz where the Picklist is being restored or transferred, open Content Manager
start a new filter, select Custom
paste (Ctrl-V) the asset list into the Asset KUID box
delete from the filter the line Installed - this will ensure that any Picklist assets that are on the DLS but not installed on your system will be identified

if any assets are identified as Available for download (i.e. they are not installed) then download and install them first

Create a New Picklist:

select an entry and then select all (Ctrl-A)
right mouse click on any entry and select Add to Picklist and then New Picklist from the popup menus

Enter a Name for the Picklist:

Enter a name for the Picklist and click Ok

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This page was created by Trainz user pware in January 2019 and was last updated as shown below.

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Main Points:
	Picklists (as a list of assets) cannot be saved as .CDP files so they cannot be backed up using that method
	Picklists can be saved as text files
	Picklists can be imported from text files

How to Backup a Picklist

Revision as of 16:13, 11 November 2021

Contents

Access Your Current Picklists

Transfer the List to Notepad (or Any Text Editor)

How to Restore a Picklist

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