How to Backup a Picklist

The information in this Wiki Page applies to TANE, TRS19, Trainz Plus and TRS22.

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

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

Access Your Current Picklists

Steps:

Open Content Manager and Your Picklists From the Trainz Launcher select  Manage Content  In TRS19 SP4, Trainz Plus SP4 (and later) and TRS22 Open the Filter List Select the Picklist to be backed up. This will open the Picklist In TRS19 SP4, Trainz Plus SP4 (and later) and TRS22 you CAN select and backup the Default Picklist   In T:ANE and TRS19 SP3, Trainz Plus SP3 and earlier Trainz versions in Content Manager open the Content menu select Edit Picklist This will display all your current Picklists Right Click on the required Picklist select Open Picklist from the popup menu This will open the Picklist In T:ANE, TRS19/Trainz Plus SP3 and earlier Trainz versions you CANNOT select and backup the Default Picklist

Select the Picklist Contents: Left Click on any one of the items press  Ctrl  +  A  to Select All the items

Copy the List to a New Window: Right Click on any one of the items select List Assets in New Window from the popup menu Notes: The option Export to CDP does appear 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 Left Click inside the Asset KUID box and press  Ctrl  +  A  to select them ALL copy the asset list to your operating system 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) Left 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 two steps

Steps:
	Open Your Text Editor: open your favourite text editor (MS Notepad, Notepad++, etc) locate and load the saved Picklist text file into your text editor select all the text - press  Ctrl  +  A  copy the text to your operating system 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 Error creating thumbnail: /bin/bash: line 1: /usr/bin/convert: No such file or directory Error code: 127 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 Click on any entry and select  Add to Picklist  and then  New Picklist  from the popup menus

Name the Picklist: Enter a name for the Picklist (the same name as the original would be a good idea) and Left Click the OK or  Save  button

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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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