topic Migrating from 2 objects into 1? in Libraries & objects

Migrating from 2 objects into 1?

JGoode — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 11:57:26 GMT

Hi,
I am trying to migrate 2 old objects (one horizontal and one vertical) into 1 new object which has both options. Is there a way for me to get the object to automatically select which orientation it chooses depending on which old object is being migrated?
Thanks!

Re: Migrating from 2 objects into 1?

Barry Kelly — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:49:06 GMT

Each old object will have its own unique GUID.
So in you migration script you need to do something like.

if GUID_1 then
set new object parameter horizontal
endif
if GUID_2 then
set new object parameter vertical
endif
Set new GUID

That is not the actual code of course - just what yo have to do.

Barry.

Re: Migrating from 2 objects into 1?

JGoode — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 12:44:45 GMT

Thank you, Barry. I get a bit perplexed with the forward migration script and how to structure it.

With the final bit where you have said 'Set new GUID', what GUID would I put there? The new object GUID?

Re: Migrating from 2 objects into 1?

Barry Kelly — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:44:26 GMT

Yes that is the GUID of the new object.

So basically you are checking for the GUID of the old object.
Then you set the parameters for the new object so it becomes what you want.
And then set the GUID of the new object so it swaps over to the new object.
The old objects should no longer exist in your loaded library otherwise the swap will not occur.

Barry.