Text list import&export

PLCnext Engineer
1

Dear All!
I create a new text list in HMI editor (PLCNext Engineer 2022.0.1), then export it in to the csv file.
Then remove the text list, and create another one, after that I try to import previously created csv, and receive nothing, no error messages or data in text list.
So, what am I doing wrong?

Data in the csv file.

"Text list","IsUser","False"
"Text list","ID","Name","Default"
"Text list","100","Default",""
"Text list","101","[0\\, 0]","text1"
"Text list","102","[1\\, 1]","text2"
"Text list","103","[2\\, 2]","text3"
2

It took me a while to find the new text list feature and I don’t think the Import/Export is related to the text list entries directly.
The export just works for the project translation, at least that is what the Resource tab is for (we use it in IEC POUs to translate stuff).

You basically just exported the translation which can be imported in another text list.
3

I’ve had the exact same problem issue in 2021.9 (haven’t moved to 2022 yet). Just ran into it today.

I fully expected it to occur like you.  However, I found a strange workaround.

Highlight ALL the cells in one text list and copy.  Goto a raw text editor (I used Notepad++) and paste.  You'll get all the data as a tab delimited format of TEXT Low_Val High_val Write_Val.  

As this:
[code]
Text\tStart value\tEnd value\tWrite value
\t0\t0\t0
LOW LIMIT\t1\t1\t1
\t0\t0\t0
[/code]

Now here is where it gets weird.  

Make another text list.  Go and select all and copy your text list, but skip that header line.  Highlight ALL the cells.  You need the line 000 at the start and 000 at the end.  Now highlight the "Enter text list entry here" row.  Ctrl-V to paste.  It'll paste one line.  Do it AGAIN.  It'll paste the next line.  It will go through the entire paste buffer this way.  I just did 400+ entries via this method as I'm transferring from a competitor's system and did the parsing of their XML files in Excel to generate a compatible list.
4

Dear Gerald,
Thank you for your unexpected solution.
It’s quite suitable for my tasks.
Best regards.

5

Here is the answer from the HMI support team:

[quote]If you are importing a populated CSV into a new blank text list, you will get nothing.  That is because the resources tab is meant for translation resources.  So you import a CSV like this to get French, German, etc.  translations of the existing contents of a text list.[/quote]
See the section "Exporting and importing translations" in the PLCnext Engineer help pages:
https://engineer.plcnext.help/2022.0_LTS_en/HMI_TextLists_Overview.htm