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Some questions and observations about working with SIL files:
File | Save/Load Translation | Save Project - the SIL file (Captions) contains blanks even though all my forms siLangLink components have AutoSkipEntries = True. What am I missing?

File | Save/Load Translation | Save Project Properties creates a SIL file for say just Strings. How do I read the file back in? When I use Load Project, it wipes out the translations in all other properties.

When I have the project SIL file open and merge a property SIL file, it always tells me all the items that were missing from the property file. Do I need to pay attention to this? Can I merge just the properties in the smaller file?

Is there a way to merge (or export) just one property section?

Thanks. I really appreciate your quick responses.

File | Save/Load Translation | Save Project - the SIL file (Captions) contains blanks even though all my forms siLangLink components have AutoSkipEntries = True. What am I missing?

It looks like your SIL file was created before setting this property to True. Since SIL is just INI file format older entries are not deleted when writing newer content.

File | Save/Load Translation | Save Project Properties creates a SIL file for say just Strings. How do I read the file back in?

You can load particular property directly in TsiLang Translation Editor when editing this property.

When I have the project SIL file open and merge a property SIL file, it always tells me all the items that were missing from the property file. Do I need to pay attention to this? Can I merge just the properties in the smaller file?

These are just warning, you can ignore them.

Is there a way to merge (or export) just one property section?

To merge you can use Merge Wizard in SIL Editor. To export- TsiLang Expert with "Save project properties".