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Importing
Importing merges the Conversations and Blocks of a Dialogue file into the open Dialogue. It serves to edit a Dialogue only available as an exported file, to merge someone else's work into yours, or to copy a few Conversations from another Dialogue. Choose File > Import Dialogue... (Ctrl+I).
Import Window
The Import Window The window is the Export window reversed: the file is the source, and the open Dialogue is what changes. See Exporting for the list, the check boxes and the Result column. File Choose the file to import. It can be an exported Dialogue file or a save file. Mode
ModeWhat changes in the open Dialogue
OverwriteThe Dialogue becomes what is checked. Everything else in it is removed.
AddOnly what the Dialogue doesn't contain yet is added. What it contains remains as it is.
UpdateOnly what the Dialogue already contains is replaced. Nothing is added.
Add & UpdateEverything checked is written.
With Conversations, a Conversation is imported whole, with only its checked Blocks, and replaces the Dialogue's Conversation of that name. With Blocks, only the checked Blocks are imported, and the Dialogue's other Blocks remain. Press Import. Candy Dialogue Creator asks for confirmation, with a count of what changes. Special Cases
  • Importing can't be undone: the undo history is cleared. Save the Dialogue before importing.
  • Overwrite replaces the whole Dialogue. Changes that weren't saved are lost, and the Dialogue is no longer the save that was open: the next Save asks for a file.
  • A file made for Candy Dialogue Engine 1.1 isn't imported: convert it first (see Converting 1.1 Files).
  • The names of the imported Variations are checked. Names Candy Dialogue Creator can repair are repaired, and a report lists them. If some can't be repaired, nothing is imported (see Variations).
  • Conversations named like the preset Conversations are left out.
  • A file written with other symbols than the profile's is updated first, after asking, and so is the open Dialogue when the profile's symbols changed since it opened (see Updating Symbols).