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Linked string variables won't update from published library

  • December 4, 2025
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Antonius Indrawan Prabowo

So i have a file called Global Copy Library which houses all of my written copies in string variables. It is published as a library

When I work on a project file I would add the global copy library file into the project’s library
This allows me to “recall” the copy values from the variables in the global copy library file directly into the project file, effectively reusing the copies I’ve created before, somethin like this

 



Let’s say i have a button in the project file that i want to label it as a Save button, I will pull the “Save” copy variable from the global copy library and attach it in the button text property, then the button will be labeled “Save”

If i made a change in the “Save” string variables in the global copy library file, let’s say “Save” changed into “Keep” then i publish the change, what usually happen is that i need to manually update the library in the project file  like in this screen. I would just click the show all updates, and the update for my changes will appear there. and the “Save” button will change into “Keep” automatically but recently this does not work.
 

 

I did some testing, it does pull the latest variable values (new addition) automatically without having to trigger the update,  but it does not reflect the changes for already linked variable values.

Im not sure how i should describe the problem but in a nutshell. Changes in an already linked string variable from variables in a published library does not get reflected in the project file