Migrate and Transfer Customizations (Concept)

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Migrate and Transfer Customizations

Concept

Procedure

Quick Reference

You can migrate custom MNU or MNS files from earlier releases using the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor. The program transfers all of the data in the MNU or MNS file to a CUI file without modifying the original menu file. The new CUI file is an XML-based file that has the same name as your original menu file, but with a .cui extension.

You can also transfer customization information between files. For example, you can transfer toolbars from a partial CUI file to the main CUI file so that the program can display the toolbar information.

NoteAll elements can be transferred between two CUI files with the exception of the property settings defined under the Quick Properties and Rollover Tooltips nodes.

Show Me: Migrate and Transfer Customizations

Click the Play arrow below the following image to start the animation.

The following animation shows how to migrate menu customization that was created in a previous release of the program and bring it forward into the current release. It shows how to position a menu on the program’s menu bar through by using a workspace. For more information about workspaces see Customize Workspaces.

NoteButton images may not appear in the program when you transfer a toolbar, pull-down menu, or ribbon panel from a CUI file. If the images are loaded from an image file, those images must reside in a folder that is defined in the Options dialog box, Files tab under Support File Search Path or Custom Icon Location. If the images come from a third-party resource DLL, contact the party who created the resource DLL.

In addition, you can move customizations from the main CUI file to partial CUI files, or from a partial CUI file to another partial CUI file.

If you transfer user interface elements that reference other user interface elements, such as a flyout, all the relevant information for that interface element is also transferred. For example, if you transfer the Draw toolbar, which references the Insert toolbar, the Insert toolbar is also transferred.

As you make changes to the customization in a CUI file, the changes are automatically tracked. The tracked changes are used when migrating customization from release to release with the Migrate Custom Settings dialog box. In the Migrate Custom Settings dialog box, you can migrate any changes made to the standard CUI files that come with the program with the new shipping versions of the files with the same name. You can avoid manually migrating customizations, which might result in the losing the customizations.

NoteThe Migrate Custom Settings dialog box can be used to migrate menu customizations from previous releases. To access the Migrate Custom Settings dialog box, click Start menu (Windows)

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Following is an example of the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor, Transfer tab. You use this tab to migrate customizations.

NoteCUI files cannot be displayed or used in versions prior to AutoCAD 2006.