Download text versions of programs?

[greensha]

Over the years I have allowed my programs and variables to get get a bit out of hand and now I have programs that never run and variables that are never used.  Obviously, I can go through my programs and variables by hand, one by one, and check to see if I still need it.  It would be far more efficient though if I could download them to a text file and do it that way.  I could probably get ChatGPT to find most of the problems.

I do regular IoX backups, but most if not all of those look like they are in binary code. 

Any ideas?

[Guy Lavoie]

Use the search function to look for variable usage in your programs. Right click on "My Programs" at the top and then on "Find/Replace". In the pop up window, select the type of search from the select list, and then the value that you want to look for, and then "Find".

[Geddy]

1 hour ago, greensha said:

It would be far more efficient though if I could download them to a text file and do it that way. 

You can copy all your programs by right clicking on the root folder (usually "my programs") and selecting the last option "Copy folder to Clipboard".

Then open a text editor (not a word processing program, but just a plain text editor like Notepad on Windows machines)

Paste what you copied to the text file. That will give you everything you have for programs. 

You can also do this on individual programs, but copying the root folder allows you to view everything you have. You can also use the "find" option in the text editor to look for devices.

The only thing is there's no way to import a program into IoX so any changes will need to be made to the specific program in Admin Console then SAVE the programs.

If you find yourself working on multiple programs be sure to save after a few changes and make backups along the way (in case you mess up and want to restore to a prior save point). 

[dbwarner5]

@greensha What @Geddy suggested above is a highly underutilized ability. 

Having a text copy of my programs has helped me do simply program restores if something I change didnt work. It also helps sometimes for troubleshooting multiple layered programs / variables as it's sometimes easier to see them all laid out in text vs "clicking" and "clicking" back and forth. 

This should become a common practice. Whenever I back up my Eisy, I also save a copy of the programs. Takes 1 minute to do.