Is there a way to update/pretranslate only some source or translation lists by macro?

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Hi, 
 in my workflow, I'm using a macro tor updating and leveraging the source string lists, filtering some strings and to update and pretranslate the target string lists afterwards. 
 Unfortunately, I didn't found a possibility to update and leverage the source lists as a collection - not by updating/leveraging each source list one by one instead of all source lists as a collection. And I didn't found a possibility to update and pretranslate the target string lists - for a single language - as a collection instead of one by one, too. 
 Please be so kind to let me know, how updating, leveraging and pretranslating can be run as a single action by a macro instead of updating, laveraging and pretranslating each string list one by one. If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to let me know. Thank you very much in advance for your support. 
 Kind regards and have a nice day. Nils

Achim Herrmann · Accepted Answer

I don't know whether it would make sense to talk about possible approaches to implementing a collection here. If this is really desired, I would probably implement a class (Class PslSourceListCollection), which then gets the methods I need implemented. Examples would be management functions such as RemoveAll, Add, etc. but also Passolo-specific functions such as PreTranslate or Update or Leverage. If such a class were designed and implemented, it could be used in various macros. 
 Although I have already implemented a lot of macros, it never occurred to me to implement further classes and objects as macro classes in addition to the Passolo object model. The methods and properties (here Update and Leverage) provided by the Passolo object model have been sufficient for me in most of the use cases. 
 In order to implement the required functions, I mostly worked with loops and in my opinion this would also be necessary if there were a collection. My approach would be: 
 
 For Each src In prj .SourceLists 
 If Condition Then 
 src .Update 
 End If 
 Next src
 
 With the usage of a collection, it may look like this: 
 
 Dim SrcColl As New PslSourceListCollection
SrcColl .RemoveAll 
 For Each src In prj .SourceLists 
 If Condition Then 
 SrcColl .Add src
 End If 
 Next src
SrcColl.UpdateAll

My approach can't really be reused very well, but one of the goals was always to deliver a solution as quickly as possible and with as little effort as possible.

Achim Herrmann · Answer

PslTransList.Leverage is a method that can be called file by file only. Running Leverage on a batch of translation or source lists is just possible using the UI. So a collection cannot help here, because the Leverage must also be called file by file in the methods of the collection class. 
 What might help regarding performance is that fact that each method that runs on complete lists (like Leverage) will automatically save its changes when it ends. When your project is on a shared network drive and unpacked, that might take ages. To prevent this, please use 
 
 prj .SuspendSaving 
 For Each TranslationList In Project .TransLists 
 If TranslationList .Language.LangID = Language .LangID Then 
 TranslationList .Leverage (EnglishProject)
 End If 
 Next 
prj .ResumeSaving This might already help to boost performance.

Achim Herrmann · Answer

Oh, I thought this is clear and have not mentioned it. Use 
 SourceList .Save

Achim Herrmann · Answer

Packing and Unpacking is a one-off task that is only available in the UI. It will usually be done just once then the project is used in unpacked mode.

Achim Herrmann · Answer

Updating single lists can be done using PslTransList.Update and PslSourceList.Update . 
 Updating lists as a collection can be done using PslProject.UpdateTransLists and PslProject.UpdateSourceLists .

Achim Herrmann · Answer

From a COM object model point of view, there is just update all or update single. In your code, you can create your own collections, lists, or arrays and insert Passolo lists into it depending on your conditions and then create methods to update (or pre-translate) them. But there are no pre-defined (empty) collections in the object model that you can simply use for it.

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Is there a way to update/pretranslate only some source or translation lists by macro?

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