The Batch Import To Library Wizard is found on
the Tools menu.
This feature is only available if your copy of sy.factory is registered.
The Batch Import To Library Wizard provides a means for you to import several SY files to the library in one go.
The Batch Import To Library Wizard has two pages to navigate through:
The Select Source Directory Page is shown below
This page has the following options
Source Directory |
You can type the name of the source directory in this control. Or if you click the [...] button to the right of the line, this will bring up a file selector dialog. |
Scan Subdirectories |
If this control is checked, then the Batch Converter will also include any subdirectories that it finds within the source directory when looking for files to convert. If this control is not checked then any subdirectories in the source directory will be ignored. |
Ignore File Errors |
If this control is not checked then any errors detected during file loading will halt the conversion process. If this control is checked then these errors are ignored, but are logged if logging is enabled. |
The Select Destination Directory Page is shown below
This page has the following options
When an Object being added is already in the Library |
Provides the action to do if an Object is added to the Library and there is already an
identical Object in the library. The choices are:
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When an Object being added already has the same name as an Object in the Library |
Provides the action to do if an Object is added to the Library and there is already an Object
in the library with the same name. The choices are:
|
Create Log File |
If this control is checked then a log file is created in the destination directory. This log file is called "Log File.txt", and can be opened with any text editor |
Using the importer is quite simple.
Importing an SY file takes about 20 seconds, so if you have a lot of files to import, be prepared to leave the importer running for a while! The import of a file will be slower if you have a large library as sy.factory needs to check to duplicate data, so the larger the library the more data the batch importer has to search.
The importer is a simple "Wizard" and you can step through the choice pages using the Prev and Next buttons, or exit the Wizard using the Cancel Button
Select the source and destination directory options and once that is done click on the Finish button to start the Batch Import Wizard.
The Wizard will not allow you to select a directory that doesn't exist.
Once the Wizard starts the progress of importing files is shown in the information pane.
There is a progress bar that shows the progress for all the files that the importer has detected, and a progress bar for the objects in the file currently being imported.
The Wizard also shows how many file errors have been encountered (assuming you have set the options to ignore File errors).
You can cancel the import at any time by pressing the Cancel button, but you may need to wait for sy.factory to finish the current file import before the batch conversion is cancelled.
Once completed, a summary results page is shown that summarises the import.
The Wizard can be dismissed by clicking the Close button.
You can check the results of the import by opening the Log File.txt file (assuming you left logging enabled).
The log file is a simple text file that lists each source file and whether any errors were detected.
All errors are preceded by ** (two stars), so you can use your text editor's find/search facilities to look for ** to quickly find any errors.