You can transfer and migrate data from a
customization or menu file from an earlier release using the Customize
User Interface (CUI) Editor and the Migrate Custom Settings dialog
box.
Transfer Customization
The
Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor can be used to transfer data
in a CUI, MNU, or MNS file to a CUIx file without modifying the
original customization or menu file. The new customization file
that is created has the same name as the original file, but with
a .cuix extension.
You can also transfer
customization information between files. For example, you can transfer
toolbars from a partial CUIx file to the main CUIx file so that the
program can display the toolbar information. In addition, you can
move customizations from the main CUIx file to partial CUIx files,
or from a partial CUIx file to another partial CUIx file.
NoteAll elements can
be transferred between two CUIx files with the exception of the
property settings defined under the Quick Properties and Rollover Tooltips
nodes.
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.
NoteButton images may
not appear in the program when you transfer a toolbar, pull-down
menu, or ribbon panel from a CUIx 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.
The following is an example
of the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor, Transfer tab. You
use this tab to transfer user interface customization.
Migrate Customization
As you make changes to
the customization in a CUIx 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 CUIx files that come with the program
with the new shipping versions of the files with the same name.
You can avoid manually migrating customization, which might result
in the loss of customization.
NoteThe Migrate Custom
Settings dialog box can be used to migrate user interface customization
from previous releases. To access the Migrate Custom Settings dialog
box, click Start menu (Windows) All Programs (or Programs) Autodesk AutoCAD 2011 Migrate
Custom Settings.
Show Me: Migrate and Transfer
Customizations
The following animation
shows how to migrate user interface 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 using a workspace. For more information about workspaces, see
Customize Workspaces.
Click Manage
tab Customization
panel Import
Customizations. At the Command prompt,
enter cuiimport.
In the Customize User Interface Editor,
Transfer tab, in the left pane, click the Open Customization File
button.
In the Open dialog box, locate the customization
file (MNU, MNS, CUI, or CUIx) from which you want to import customizations,
and select it. Click Open.
In the right pane, click the Open Customization
File button.
In the Open dialog box, locate the customization
file (MNU, MNS, CUI, or CUIx) to which you want to export customizations,
and select it. Click Open.
In the left pane, click the plus sign
(+) next to an interface element node to expand it. Expand the corresponding
node in the right pane.
Drag interface elements from the right
pane to the appropriate location in the left pane.
NoteInterface elements
can be dragged in either direction, from the left to the right pane
or the right to the left pane.
Show Me: Migrate and Transfer
Customizations
