Reorganize iLogic folders without deleting keyboard shortcuts?

[nbonnett-murphy]

Hello,

After a year of messing with iLogic, I'm getting to the point where my default folder is becoming unmanageable.

I know that inventor will follow recursively if I make sub-folders in windows explorer, but there is one inconvenience. Most of my scripts have matching hotkeys set up to run them as a keyboard shortcut. When I relocate the script, the hotkey is deleted. I can reset them manually of course, but there are dozens so it'll take a while.

Is there a way to preserve the hotkeys when I reorg my iLogic folder? Alternatively, is there a way to assign a hotkey from within the rule editor or via the iLogic side panel?

[Frederick_Law · Accepted solution]

Export the settings.  Edit with text editor.  Import it again.

[nbonnett-murphy]

Excellent idea thanks! I'm sure notepad++ can get me there without needing to go one by one.

[Frederick_Law]

Yeap, Notepad++ screenshot attached.

Search for "Command Aliases".

Probably change one manually so you get the folder.

[WCrihfield · Accepted solution]

Just so you know, there is actually a way to set the shortcuts by code, but it's more complicated than it should be, and would likely require a lot more code that you would want to deal with, if you need to set a lot of iLogic rules back to the same shortcuts again after moving them.

ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.Item("ControlDefinitionName").DefaultShortcut

...and a few related properties of the ControlDefinition object.  You can check out the online help page for that object if you want to read more about those properties.

[nbonnett-murphy]

I actually ended up doing it manually earlier this week. But I'm definitely filing this away for future reference if I ever need to migrate/reorganize a big pile of scripts.