How to Move a Picklist

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 For instructions on how to rename a Picklist, see the Trainz Wiki page How to Rename a Picklist

If you have made backup copies of your Picklists then you have already completed half the work. Use the backup Picklists and steps described in the How to Restore a Picklist section of the How to Backup a Picklist Trainz Wiki page to complete the move.

Access Your Current Picklists

Steps	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
	Select the Picklist to be Backed Up: right mouse click on the required Picklist select Open Picklist from the popup menu This will open the 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
	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. check for any assets labelled as Available for download and download these assets 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

Step 8: 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 October 2018 and was last updated as shown below.

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