The information in this Wiki Page applies to TANE, TRS19 and Trainz Plus. This guide will show you how to move a Picklist from one installation of Trainz to another, on the same or different computers.

This page is also available in text only format suitable for copying and pasting at How to Move a Picklist TEXT

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.

On the second computer, 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.

Steps

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
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:

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