trashcan Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 I'm copying record data over to new versions of objects. Is there a way to do this other than manually copying and pasting each field in the record? It's all the same record format, but 8 unique objects. Quote Link to comment
0 Pat Stanford Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 The Eyedropper tool has a record mode. It appears to move records that are attached to symbol instances. It attached the Record format and brings over the data from the picked up object. I did not test on symbol definitions. 1 Quote Link to comment
0 trashcan Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 Eyedropper works within a single file - what about doing it between two different files? Quote Link to comment
0 Pat Stanford Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 It could probably be scripted or even automated using an AppleScript, but the development time would be multiple hours or 10s of hours. How about creating a temporary "shuttle" file with both sets of symbols and then using the eyedropper? You could then copy/paste the symbols into your other file. Or just import and place all of the "old" symbols into the new document temporarily? More details please. How many different symbols are you looking to do this for? How do you identify which symbol matches between the two sets? Are the records attached to the symbol instance or the symbol definition? How many fields in each record? Quote Link to comment
0 markdd Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 I'm not sure that I know exactly what you mean, but take a look at the Data commands in the Tools > Records menu. The Attach Record command will attach a record to a complete folder of symbols. Quote Link to comment
0 trashcan Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 @Pat Stanford shuttle file is the move, thanks Pat Quote Link to comment
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I'm copying record data over to new versions of objects. Is there a way to do this other than manually copying and pasting each field in the record?
It's all the same record format, but 8 unique objects.
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