And I’d like to use it for another set of data, same data set up but different data. I cannot see a way of copying the whole form and applying it for the other data set?
Roger
Hi Roger
Try using ‘Forms’ from the TForms toolbar and then ‘duplicate form, from the drop down. It will appear in the left hand pane labeled Formname Copy. This will only copy the form design, not the data – so then you can add the other data set to the copy and rename the form to whatever you like.
Cheers
tonyt
So duplicate the form, but keep the old data separate, then copy it onto the new form?
Ah, having read your first post again I don’t think I was of much help. I’m not quite sure what you are trying to do. I am assuming that you have a data set of say e.g. four fields.
Your form layout is for field1 and field2 which you like?
If you duplicate the form, then delete field1 in the copy and substitute field3 and the same for field with field4?
No its really a lot more complicated than that. I suspect I will have to duplicate the form and then reimport the data to solve the problem. Just a shame you cannot save the form as a ‘template’ and adopt that for other data bases.
Roger
Hi Roger,
This is the confusing bit I think:
“same data set up but different data”
same data, but different data?
You can use the Duplicate Form command to make a duplicate of the form template as Tony said, but it sounds like that’s not what you want.
I have solved this in my own mind – the process I will use is to set up the form – and treat it as in effect a template. Play with that one until it is ‘finished’.
That then stays as a template and I duplicate it and then populate the new one with the data…. I was trying to do this process using data at the same time – made life much harder for myself.
Sorted now thanks
Well, it doesn’t really matter if there’s records within a form or not, the Duplicate Form command will still only duplicate the form template itself, not the records listed within.
So the form is really just a wrapper for the data and should not affect any data that is already present?
Roger
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