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A code frame is a response list that has been created for an open ended question.
Code frames are used when it is not possible or practical to set up a complete response list before data collection starts.
A character or verbatim question is used to collect response texts and these are later "coded" into a response list.
See Reference manual, Files, Response texts file for details of the way code frame files are laid out.
Using the Main window [Project] menu you can [Get response texts from file] which will update the response texts in any number of questions or variables in one update. Where two or more entries use the same coded response list these only need to be listed once.
This is a "safe" update. It will only change the texts for responses; all other settings for questions and responses remain unchanged.
Where identical long lists of responses are needed in a project, for example a brand list, it is good practice to keep this list in a Response text file. New brands will only need to be added once to this file and all relevant questions can then be updated together.