I have a DB that keeps a record of certain vehicle information, fuel input and MPG calculations etc. I have identical forms for different vehicles. The original design for one vehicle was made and I then duploicated the form. Now I want to add a new layout design to each form. Is there a wy of copying a layout between forms
Hi Steve,
I’m sorry there’s now function for duplicating layouts between forms. Each form has its own set of fields, layout items, layouts, etc. The internal IDs used are specific to that form an no other. So it’s not a simple thing to copy a layout from one form and put it into another form. The internal IDs would all have to match and they don’t between forms.
Thanks,
Brendan
I have one DB/Form as well where I keep track on different cars. I use one field to identify the car and use separate saved searches to filter for each car. This makes it easy to update since there’s only one form.
I’d recommend to combine your car forms. There was a thread about this recently, just ignore photos, unless you have some in your form as well: https://www.tapforms.com/forums/topic/combining-forms-with-photos/
If you’re combining the forms, I would first create a column _Car_ in each form and fill it for all records. You can do this with a script or just as easy in multi-column list view. Enter the value for the first row and the drag the yellow dot down to the end. For the _Car_ field, I defined a Picklist. Now it’s very easy to select for which car I’d like to enter a value.
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