Revision as of 11:13, 25 November 2019

The information in this Wiki Page applies to TANE, TRS19 and Trainz Plus. It will show you how to move a Picklist to another installation of Trainz.

For instructions on how to backup a Picklist, see the Trainz Wiki page How to Backup a Picklist
For instructions on how to create a Picklist, see the Trainz Wiki page How to Create a Picklist

Access Your Current Picklists

Step 1: Open CM and Your Picklists

From the Trainz Launcher

select Manage Content
in Content Manager open the Content menu
select Edit Picklist

This will display all your current Picklists.

If you are using a Default picklist there is NO way to select it for moving or backup

Step 2: Select the Picklist to be moved

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

This will open the Picklist

Step 3: Select Picklist Contents

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

Step 4: 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

Step 5: 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 Another Copy of Trainz

Notes:

If you are transferring the Picklist to another computer then you will need to:-

paste the list from Step 5 above into a program such as Notepad
save it as a text file
copy the file to your second computer.

There you can reverse the steps by:-

opening the document (in Notepad)
select and copy to the clipboard all the items in the list

Then proceed as described below.

Step 6: Open CM in the Destination Trainz and Create a New Filter

in the copy of Trainz where the Picklist is being transferred, open Content Manager
start a new filter
paste (Ctrl-V) the asset list into the Asset KUID box

Step 7: Create a New Picklist

The pasted asset list will appear in the CM display window, as shown below.

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