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General Category => Do-more CPUs and Do-more Designer Software => Topic started by: Controls Guy on June 06, 2018, 01:38:02 PM

Title: Configuration transfer or export/import
Post by: Controls Guy on June 06, 2018, 01:38:02 PM

Some, but not all, configuration settings are inherited upon installation of a new version of DMD.  Ladder window colors transfer, but Memory View config, ladder 2D/3D, and Start Page config do not, for example.

Is there a way we can export those settings, and/or can you tell us the file location where the settings are recorded so we can back it up, at least for future reinstalls of the same version, hopefully transferable to future versions, and also hopefully XML or some form decipherable by a human, or at least an engineer, so we can migrate manually in bulk.

Title: Re: Configuration transfer or export/import
Post by: Mike Nash on June 06, 2018, 04:02:02 PM

Did you have your toobars import? I just did get v2.2 set up on multiple machines and v2.3 didn't inherit the toolbars.

I dread doing this again so soon.

Title: Re: Configuration transfer or export/import
Post by: Controls Guy on June 06, 2018, 06:37:27 PM

No they didn't, that's another entry in the "doesn't" column.

Title: Re: Configuration transfer or export/import
Post by: Mike Nash on June 06, 2018, 06:51:26 PM

Well, I took a chance and found the toolbars (not named toolbars BTW) in the registry for v2.2 and copied them into v2.3 and that seems to have worked. There are some things in the .ini file for colors and such that I didn't try yet.

I'm not suggesting anyone mess around in their registry though. What I tried this in was XP SP2 so things may be different in other versions of Windows.

Title: Re: Configuration transfer or export/import
Post by: franji1 on June 06, 2018, 10:22:47 PM

Sorry about that.  You can manually copy the Options file from
"public documents"\Designer\Designer2_2\bin\DmOption.opt
to
"public documents"\Designer\Designer2_3\bin\DmOption.opt

Title: Re: Configuration transfer or export/import
Post by: Controls Guy on June 06, 2018, 10:59:44 PM

Ooh, that's easy, thanks!   Maybe add that as an option in the install script?

Title: Re: Configuration transfer or export/import
Post by: franji1 on June 07, 2018, 09:30:13 AM

OOPS - cross linked posts.

Yes, that is on our TODO list for the install.

Title: Re: Configuration transfer or export/import
Post by: Mike Nash on June 07, 2018, 12:23:26 PM

What a stress reliever that DmOption.opt file is. Thanks!