Pasted arguments are not pre-checked

[samaursa]

We have a lot of CLI arguments. The copy/paste functionality to copy over the arguments works great, but sometimes you need a starting point with some defaults pre-checked, but that doesn't get copied over. I also cannot see in the .json file where the information to check/uncheck certain arguments is stored.

It's possible I am doing something wrong or maybe the feature has not been implemented yet?

[Irame]

Hi, I'm not quite sure what what you mean exactly. Do you mean that the checked state isn't copied over with copy'n'paste, or do you mean that the checked state isn't saved in the .json file and therefore all arguments are unchecked if you open se project for the first time.

The checked state should already be copied via copy'n'paste but if you mean the second thing, then I agree. It would be a good thing to store a default checked state which is used when the project is opened for the first time.

[samaursa]

I mean both actually. I tried copy-pasting just now and the checked state is not copied over (i.e. all the args are unchecked in the 2nd project that is open).

[MBulli]

Lets focus on the copy paste problem first. That's weird because that's what we tried but it worked for us. Do you copy the data between two VS instances or in the same window? Do you change solution between copy paste in the same VS instance?

btw the checked state is stored in the suo file because we classified that as user specific and not something you want to see in your source diffs. But as Irame suggested we might rework that.

[samaursa]

Sorry for the delayed reply. I just got back to work and am now able to test the args copying.

I do indeed change solutions between copy/paste. I tried again, but this time it worked and I realised what I was doing wrong. My fault, I will explain below.

I copied and then pasted the args in my notes. It seems like they lose extra information about the checkmarks since there is nothing in the pasted args that would suggest the arg is checkmarked or not.

Is there a way for me to make a backup of the args so that I don't end up losing the checkmarked args?

[samaursa]

Just bumping this quickly: It seems it is impossible to keep a backup of the arguments (e.g. in your notes or in a file) such that when you copy them back that they are pre-checked.

Example:

• Copy the args
• Paste them in your notes
• Go to another PC and copy args from your notes
• Paste in command line args
• No checkboxes are checked as they were before

[Irame]

We introduced a feature a while ago, where you can set some arguments as default checked which is stored in the JSON file. You can also reset one or more arguments/groups to the default check state.