Copy an image between
View Designer
 projects

Copy an image between
View Designer
 projects to ensure consistency or when access to the original image file does not exist.
Prerequisites
  • Open the source
    View Designer
     project containing the content to copy.
  • If the content is to be pasted into another project, for each project, start an instance of
    View Designer
     and open the target project. It is recommended to open no more than three instances of
    View Designer
     at one time.
To copy an image between projects
  1. Copy the image from the source project images folder to the target project
    Images
    folder. Alternatively, copy the image from the source screen to the target screen.
  2. If the target project contains an image file with the same image file name, overwrite the existing image file or cancel the copy operation.
    • Select
      Replace
      to overwrite the existing image file.
      TIP:
      Tips:
      • When copying an image file that already exists in the target project when that image file contains a different graphic,
        View Designer
         adds an increment number to the name of the image in the target project. For example, if you copy an image named Tank1 and that image contains tank.bmp, and the target project also has an image file named Tank1 but that image contains watertank.bmp, the name of the image in the target project increments to Tank1_001.
      • Copying an image that has a removed graphic element shows a red X for the removed graphic element. If the image appears in an Add-On Graphic, the red X appears in both the definition of the Add-On Graphic and in instances of the Add-On Graphic.
      • Content pasted between projects of different terminal sizes is converted using the
        Do not scale
         scaling option. The screen content remains the same size and position as on the original screens.
      • Cut an image by selecting
        Cut
        instead of
        Copy
        .
      • Copying a screen or popup that contains an Image graphic element from one project to another, copies the image file associated with the graphic element and places the image file in the
        Assets
        folder of the target project.
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