Hi All,
Here are a few things that I have discovered when importing/exporting, that may be of assistance to others:
1) Scores for cards in multiple lists -- As Mike mentioned in another thread, if a card is present in multiple Pleco 1 lists, when it is imported into Pleco 2 it will be imported as a single card (but in multiple categories), and the score will come from whichever card was reviewed most recently in Pleco 1. If you're using multiple lists to test different skills (as I am), this will be an issue you'll need to consider.
2) Flags with the same names as Lists -- I had a flag called "Write", which I used to flag cards that I want to learn to write (not just read) in the future. I also had a list called "Write" which stored all the cards I was currently learning to write. After the export/import process, my "Write" list and the cards with the "Write" flag were combined into a single category called "Write", which is not what I wanted! So, make sure your flag and list names in Pleco 1 are all unique!
3) Flag and list names containing a slash "/" character -- In Pleco 2, the slash character seems to denote sub-categories, so any flag or list you have that has a slash in its name in Pleco 1 will be converted to a category and an identical sub-category in Pleco 2. For example, in Pleco 1 I had a list called ""Interjections / Onomatopoeia", and in Pleco 2 it has been converted to a category called ""Interjections " with a sub-category called " Onomatopoeia". To avoid this, rename your flags and lists before export so that they don't have slash characters. NB, the contents of the sub-category appear to be identical to the parent category, so if you have already made this mistake it seems safe to just delete the sub-category and rename the parent.
4) Flag and list names containing Chinese characters -- I used CJKOS to give some of my flags and lists Chinese names, but the names were not properly carried across to Pleco 2, I just got a bunch of nonsense characters. Probably an encoding issue. If you're using Chinese characters in your flag or list names, rename them before exporting.
Here are a few things that I have discovered when importing/exporting, that may be of assistance to others:
1) Scores for cards in multiple lists -- As Mike mentioned in another thread, if a card is present in multiple Pleco 1 lists, when it is imported into Pleco 2 it will be imported as a single card (but in multiple categories), and the score will come from whichever card was reviewed most recently in Pleco 1. If you're using multiple lists to test different skills (as I am), this will be an issue you'll need to consider.
2) Flags with the same names as Lists -- I had a flag called "Write", which I used to flag cards that I want to learn to write (not just read) in the future. I also had a list called "Write" which stored all the cards I was currently learning to write. After the export/import process, my "Write" list and the cards with the "Write" flag were combined into a single category called "Write", which is not what I wanted! So, make sure your flag and list names in Pleco 1 are all unique!
3) Flag and list names containing a slash "/" character -- In Pleco 2, the slash character seems to denote sub-categories, so any flag or list you have that has a slash in its name in Pleco 1 will be converted to a category and an identical sub-category in Pleco 2. For example, in Pleco 1 I had a list called ""Interjections / Onomatopoeia", and in Pleco 2 it has been converted to a category called ""Interjections " with a sub-category called " Onomatopoeia". To avoid this, rename your flags and lists before export so that they don't have slash characters. NB, the contents of the sub-category appear to be identical to the parent category, so if you have already made this mistake it seems safe to just delete the sub-category and rename the parent.
4) Flag and list names containing Chinese characters -- I used CJKOS to give some of my flags and lists Chinese names, but the names were not properly carried across to Pleco 2, I just got a bunch of nonsense characters. Probably an encoding issue. If you're using Chinese characters in your flag or list names, rename them before exporting.