https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Building-Expressions-in-Property-Manager-Cut-and-paste-loses/m-p/267154#M34943 Interesting, this works just fine for me. Sun, 16 May 2021 23:18:15 GMT Laszlo Nagy 2021-05-16T23:18:15Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Building-Expressions-in-Property-Manager-Cut-and-paste-loses/m-p/267152#M34941 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>I'm working on some complex expressions to run code calculations for occupancy data and find that when I copy the expression from one property and paste it into a new property, it's linked value is lost and it just becomes a simple text. <BR /> <BR /> For instance, using 'Measured Area' from a zone when chosen through the 'Parameters &amp; Properties..." menu will add 'Measured Area' in the expression with the grey highlight similar to autotext that pulls the data from the property of the zone using the expression. However, when I copy this and paste into a new property, it comes in as plain text and I have to highlight it and choose the property from the dialogue box again. <BR /> <BR /> With an expression that has several dozen properties that will need to be re-used in other expressions, it's very tedious to re-do all of these each time.</T></DIV> Sat, 15 May 2021 23:07:05 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Building-Expressions-in-Property-Manager-Cut-and-paste-loses/m-p/267152#M34941 MMontgomery 2021-05-15T23:07:05Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Building-Expressions-in-Property-Manager-Cut-and-paste-loses/m-p/267153#M34942 I ended up editing the XML files instead of cutting and pasting in the expression window. Worked great. Sun, 16 May 2021 01:53:12 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Building-Expressions-in-Property-Manager-Cut-and-paste-loses/m-p/267153#M34942 MMontgomery 2021-05-16T01:53:12Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Building-Expressions-in-Property-Manager-Cut-and-paste-loses/m-p/267154#M34943 Interesting, this works just fine for me. Sun, 16 May 2021 23:18:15 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Building-Expressions-in-Property-Manager-Cut-and-paste-loses/m-p/267154#M34943 Laszlo Nagy 2021-05-16T23:18:15Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Building-Expressions-in-Property-Manager-Cut-and-paste-loses/m-p/267155#M34944 For me it works too on AC23 and 24.<BR /> Can you test it in another file? Maybe this bug is somehow file-related and not always appears? Mon, 17 May 2021 08:36:05 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Building-Expressions-in-Property-Manager-Cut-and-paste-loses/m-p/267155#M34944 Podolsky 2021-05-17T08:36:05Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Building-Expressions-in-Property-Manager-Cut-and-paste-loses/m-p/267156#M34945 It does appear it was the specific instance of ArchiCAD that was bugged. Closing and re-opening the project fixed this behavior. Tue, 18 May 2021 16:11:29 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Building-Expressions-in-Property-Manager-Cut-and-paste-loses/m-p/267156#M34945 MMontgomery 2021-05-18T16:11:29Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Building-Expressions-in-Property-Manager-Cut-and-paste-loses/m-p/267157#M34946 Good to hear. <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_smile.gif" style="display : inline;" /><BR /> Let us all praise the almighty "restart-reopen" cure-all solution of the software world. <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_smile.gif" style="display : inline;" /> Tue, 18 May 2021 16:22:31 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Building-Expressions-in-Property-Manager-Cut-and-paste-loses/m-p/267157#M34946 Laszlo Nagy 2021-05-18T16:22:31Z