Edit programs outside administrative console?

[Ed Sybesma]

Is there any method for editing programs outside of administrative  console,, e.g., in a text editor or Word, and then import them into EISY?

[Techman]

The only other option would be to use UD Mobile

Why don't you want to use the admin console as that's the best option

[Ed Sybesma]

32 minutes ago, Techman said:

Why don't you want to use the admin console as that's the best option

Yes, that's definitely a better option than UD mobile.   The reason a word processing alternative would be useful Is that I have a few moderately large programs which I occasionally wish to  copy and modify many lines.

 I was just hoping, but it's not a common or significant issue.

[ShawnW]

On 7/7/2025 at 5:46 PM, Ed Sybesma said:

Yes, that's definitely a better option than UD mobile.   The reason a word processing alternative would be useful Is that I have a few moderately large programs which I occasionally wish to  copy and modify many lines.

 I was just hoping, but it's not a common or significant issue.

This is actually "common" for me - not every day but often enough that I have to sit here for hours changing nodes in programs. Mind numbing. 
  I'm REALLY hoping the new User Interface will allow more typical Copy & Paste of both line items and whole chunks from Programs.

[apostolakisl]

14 hours ago, ShawnW said:

This is actually "common" for me - not every day but often enough that I have to sit here for hours changing nodes in programs. Mind numbing. 
  I'm REALLY hoping the new User Interface will allow more typical Copy & Paste of both line items and whole chunks from Programs.

I agree, writing programs where you have to keep using drop down menus for everything is very inefficient.  It is well suited to having just a few programs that are very infrequently modified because of the fact that you can't make mistakes and don't have to remember the language.  Not at all well suited to having lots of programs.