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copy case loses object references, any help?

Last post 02-19-2010, 2:42 AM by frefeld. 5 replies.
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  •  02-03-2010, 3:44 PM 6591

    copy case loses object references, any help?

    We have a lot of similarly structured pages where interactions are conceptually (but not literally redundant). E.,g on each of several different pages in response to a click I want to show 2 dynamic panels, hide 3 dynamic panels, set 6 panel states, move 4 panels.  The affected panels are different from page to page, but they are named similarly (base1-base8, edit1-edit8, post1-post8, that kind of thing).

    I'd like to be able to copy and paste the cases and fix up the references, but when I try everything collapses to a single uninitialized "Set Panel state to State" etc.

    The best I've come up with is to screen capture the Interaction Case Properties I want to copy so I can use it as the template for rebuilding my interaction script. Is there anyway to copy a case in some raw text format? Or another better way?

    Apologies if this is a FAQ, tried to search forum, the only thing I found was a suggestion to put onloadpage cases in a master which doesn't apply in our case (I'm comfortable with raised events too, but that wouldn't help here.)

     

  •  02-03-2010, 3:53 PM 6592 in reply to 6591

    Re: copy case loses object references, any help?

    ...so I just figured out I *can* copy and paste (into a text editor) directly from the "Step 3: Edit the Actions description" panel.

    Not sure why this didn't seem to work for me before, but it is what I was looking for.

  •  02-17-2010, 7:30 AM 6784 in reply to 6592

    Re: copy case loses object references, any help?

    How did you paste the cases into the "Step 3: Edit the Actions description"?

    It seems that I can't paste anything into this field :-(

  •  02-17-2010, 10:05 AM 6785 in reply to 6784

    Re: copy case loses object references, any help?

    I was wondering about this, too, but never got around to asking for a clarification. Have I been missing out on some of the awesome?
  •  02-17-2010, 6:41 PM 6792 in reply to 6785

    Re: copy case loses object references, any help?

    There isn't a way to edit the interactions with a text editor. Something we've been thinking about a lot lately.

    You can currently copy and paste cases by right clicking on a case in the interaction tree and using the context menu.

  •  02-19-2010, 2:42 AM 6811 in reply to 6792

    Re: copy case loses object references, any help?

    I know that I can right click on the cases an copy them. But what is really annoying is that I then have to click on the copied case, and than I have to click e.g. on the blue text in the window "Step 3: Edit Action description", and then again I can't edit the text in the description window; instead I have to click on e.g. "edit text" and not till then I can edith the text (e.g. on a widget).

    I think it would be a big simplification if it is possible to edit the cases in the window "Step3:...".

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