Having just converted a solution from v6.4 to 8.5, I've just had my 1st occasion to add a new field to an import file format within a script.

Under 6.4 it was a simple matter of re-running the script with the addition, then responding to a dialogue asking if the new import order should be saved. A simple yes to that dialogue permanently saved the change.

The way to do the same thing under 8.5 does not seem intuitively obvious.

How can one make such changes permanent under 8.5?

Thanks.

The import order can be seen (which it could not be in earlier versions), then changed within the Import script step itself, using the Import Order button. It looks just like the regular Import dialogs, in that when you're done with the order you click "Import" (there is no OK button), then get the [ ] Auto-enter options dialog.

You must have a file available at the specified path in order to see the import order (i.e., just having a script Variable, such as $filepath is not enough to set up the order, though is enough to import once the order has been specified).