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ION offline import?

Hi all,

I read through many posts regarding IMPORTING and didn't seem to find the answers I was looking for, so I will try here.

I have a show that was built on an Express.  We now have an ION and I would like to take the Express cues and import them into the ION but leave all the palettes and patch etc.

The issue I am having (offline) is that it will not allow me to select what to import.  I have the Express file as an ASCII file.  And It is certainly importing all the old information (all the cues and effects etc).  But I am not being given the option to choose ADVANCED and select which portions of the old show file I want to import.

So, question one is:  does the offline software behave differently than the console?  I can certainly try to do this at work tomorrow, but would love to know if I am just missing something simple here.

Question two:  is it possible to IMPORT just the patch and palettes from an ION show file after I have already done the full import from the express file?  It will only seem to let me OPEN an ION file but not IMPORT a portion of it.  If I use OPEN, it will only load whatever i want loaded, but it will also remove whatever I don't select.

Hope all this makes sense.  Appreciate any help you all can offer.

Thanks.

Darren W. Hales
Head Electrician - GI Stage
Arts Club Theatre Company - Vancouver

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    Darren,

    I don't know if this would be the most correct answer, but I would try Importing the whole ASCII file, save that as an ESF, then selectively Import from that.

    Hope that helps, B

    Edit- I just reread question 2 and I see you are already thinking that.  You should be able to import specific items.  When you choose Open, all elements are preselected by default and you can deselect some.  When you choose Import, nothing is selected until you click on one or some of the boxes.  If you click Advanced, it will let you choose specific items or ranges.



    [edited by: BSmith at 8:43 AM (GMT -6) on Tue, Jun 9 2009]
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    Darren,

    I don't know if this would be the most correct answer, but I would try Importing the whole ASCII file, save that as an ESF, then selectively Import from that.

    Hope that helps, B

    Edit- I just reread question 2 and I see you are already thinking that.  You should be able to import specific items.  When you choose Open, all elements are preselected by default and you can deselect some.  When you choose Import, nothing is selected until you click on one or some of the boxes.  If you click Advanced, it will let you choose specific items or ranges.



    [edited by: BSmith at 8:43 AM (GMT -6) on Tue, Jun 9 2009]
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