Issues with axlDBCreateComponent

In a design I am trying to create a duplicate of all the exisiting components (not symbol)

for this I am using the axlDBCreateComponent command,
This is my code

_CompList = axlDBGetDesign()->components
foreach(a _CompList axlDBCreateComponent(strcat(a->name "_T") a->deviceType strcat(a->package "_T")))

This works fine for all the components except for the discretes,

for example refdes C1 has a device name (devType) as C_0201_LOL_4V-0.1UF,X6S,15%,>3A

so i even tried to do the following

x = car(setof(a (axlDBGetDesign()->components) a->name == "C1"))
axlDBCreateComponent("C1_T" x->deviceType x->package nil nil)

this will give the message
E- (SPMHNX-9): Unable to find device file for 'C_0201_LOL_4V-0.1UF,X6S,15%,>3A'.
nil

I also tried to enabled and increased the allegro long name settings to 200 without any success

the typep of x->devType is string

also I tried to do the following, in assumption that I would be able to create a dummy device file with a refdes

axlDBCreateComponent("C1_T" "CAPTemp" "0201_LOL_4V_t") but i get the following error
E- (SPMHNX-9): Unable to find device file for 'CAPTEMP'.
nil

How do I resolve this?

or let me know how can I duplicate all the components in a design something similar to a logical edit parts where I can add a duplicate instance of all the components with the same device name, value, tolerance etc..