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Hello!

Does anyone know the file (if one exists) that the Concepts are stored in?

I have two projects, one of which has a mature list of Concepts, some of which are not attached to a topic. The second project should have a similar list, give or take a handful that can be added / deleted as needed. The two projects aren't linked in any way - except for Skins; maybe that's where I went wrong, should've added them to my Global project...

But in any case, I need a way of sharing Concepts, especially since the 2nd project is now being worked on a separate machine. I tried exporting the project but the export only came with those Concepts that were linked to a topic; un-linked Concepts were "left behind".

Is there a file buried somewhere in my Project Organizer that I'm overlooking??

Thanks for your help!

Hi,

I assume that concepts are stored in topics only, similar to index entries. See some previous posts for index.

Kind regards,
Sabine Kamprowski

Thanks Sabine. Yes, it appears they are topic "hangers-on". Ah well.

It's not a perfect solution, but since concepts are driven by topics, you could probably just create a holding topic that contains every concept you want to share. Then, you could share that topic with other projects to push the general list of concepts around. And you could omit that holding topic from appear in outputs.

Adding to that...
Concepts are stored in the file GlobalConceptSet v.6.catapultconceptset, which is found in the folder, ProjectFolder\Output\YourName\Temporary

Flare keeps this updated with all the concepts in your project. So, if you do like MattyQ suggests and keep a topic full of concept tags, you can add that topic to your new project and presto: all the concepts will be scooped up into the list. You can then ditch the temporary file.

If you like to live dangerously, you can edit that file yourself. Each concept takes the following form: As concepts are linked to topics Flare will update the file, recording the links within those tags. So, there's another way to share concepts between projects. Don't copy the whole file over, but copy the ConceptEntry tags. Reload the project and you'll have your concepts.

On the whole, MattyQ's solution is probably safer and easier.

BedfordWriter wrote:Concepts are stored in the file GlobalConceptSet v.6.catapultconceptset, which is found in the folder, ProjectFolder\Output\YourName\Temporary

This is awesome to know, BedfordWriter. I'd poked around and couldn't find any local file. Thanks very much for that!