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another minor nightmare -
07-28-2005
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Well I think Ive discovered another problem to make my life a misery. The background. I have created a significantly size database in FM7. I also created a layout that could be used in many layouts, each new layout had the standard layout with extra information. I create a new blank layout and copy the standard details to it using a normal copy and paste. The problem. When I copy the layout sector it all works well, except one field which everytime appears as field not defined. I reapply the field and copy and paste again either from the original or the new layout. The field is missing again. I create a new field, delete the old one and rename the new field with the troublesome field name and insert it into the layout. It works well but when I copy and paste to a new layout the same field appears as undefined. It is only one field of 70 in the layout and when it is redeifined it works pefectly. Does anyone have any ideas. Thanks |
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Is it a merge field or a 'regular' field? "tpg" <meyers_home (AT) tpg (DOT) com.au> wrote in message news:42e8b704 (AT) dnews (DOT) tpgi.com.au... Well I think Ive discovered another problem to make my life a misery. The background. I have created a significantly size database in FM7. I also created a layout that could be used in many layouts, each new layout had the standard layout with extra information. I create a new blank layout and copy the standard details to it using a normal copy and paste. The problem. When I copy the layout sector it all works well, except one field which everytime appears as field not defined. I reapply the field and copy and paste again either from the original or the new layout. The field is missing again. I create a new field, delete the old one and rename the new field with the troublesome field name and insert it into the layout. It works well but when I copy and paste to a new layout the same field appears as undefined. It is only one field of 70 in the layout and when it is redeifined it works pefectly. Does anyone have any ideas. Thanks |
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Well I think Ive discovered another problem to make my life a misery. The background. I have created a significantly size database in FM7. I also created a layout that could be used in many layouts, each new layout had the standard layout with extra information. I create a new blank layout and copy the standard details to it using a normal copy and paste. The problem. When I copy the layout sector it all works well, except one field which everytime appears as field not defined. I reapply the field and copy and paste again either from the original or the new layout. The field is missing again. I create a new field, delete the old one and rename the new field with the troublesome field name and insert it into the layout. It works well but when I copy and paste to a new layout the same field appears as undefined. It is only one field of 70 in the layout and when it is redeifined it works pefectly. Does anyone have any ideas. Thanks |
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Is the field related to the table occurrence of the new layout? -- Shadenfroh shadenfroh (AT) yahoo (DOT) com "tpg" <meyers_home (AT) tpg (DOT) com.au> wrote in message news:42e8b704 (AT) dnews (DOT) tpgi.com.au... Well I think Ive discovered another problem to make my life a misery. The background. I have created a significantly size database in FM7. I also created a layout that could be used in many layouts, each new layout had the standard layout with extra information. I create a new blank layout and copy the standard details to it using a normal copy and paste. The problem. When I copy the layout sector it all works well, except one field which everytime appears as field not defined. I reapply the field and copy and paste again either from the original or the new layout. The field is missing again. I create a new field, delete the old one and rename the new field with the troublesome field name and insert it into the layout. It works well but when I copy and paste to a new layout the same field appears as undefined. It is only one field of 70 in the layout and when it is redeifined it works pefectly. Does anyone have any ideas. Thanks |
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Yes. It is Description field and appears on every layout and it not used in any relationship (yet) "Shadenfroh" <shadenfroh (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote in message news:P2NIe.1189$Je.1019 (AT) newsread2 (DOT) news.atl.earthlink.net... Is the field related to the table occurrence of the new layout? -- Shadenfroh shadenfroh (AT) yahoo (DOT) com "tpg" <meyers_home (AT) tpg (DOT) com.au> wrote in message news:42e8b704 (AT) dnews (DOT) tpgi.com.au... Well I think Ive discovered another problem to make my life a misery. The background. I have created a significantly size database in FM7. I also created a layout that could be used in many layouts, each new layout had the standard layout with extra information. I create a new blank layout and copy the standard details to it using a normal copy and paste. The problem. When I copy the layout sector it all works well, except one field which everytime appears as field not defined. I reapply the field and copy and paste again either from the original or the new layout. The field is missing again. I create a new field, delete the old one and rename the new field with the troublesome field name and insert it into the layout. It works well but when I copy and paste to a new layout the same field appears as undefined. It is only one field of 70 in the layout and when it is redeifined it works pefectly. Does anyone have any ideas. Thanks |
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Hmmm. So all these layouts are based on the same table occurrence? Cain -- Shadenfroh shadenfroh (AT) yahoo (DOT) com "tpg" <meyers_home (AT) tpg (DOT) com.au> wrote in message news:42f3f724$1 (AT) dnews (DOT) tpgi.com.au... Yes. It is Description field and appears on every layout and it not used in any relationship (yet) "Shadenfroh" <shadenfroh (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote in message news:P2NIe.1189$Je.1019 (AT) newsread2 (DOT) news.atl.earthlink.net... Is the field related to the table occurrence of the new layout? -- Shadenfroh shadenfroh (AT) yahoo (DOT) com "tpg" <meyers_home (AT) tpg (DOT) com.au> wrote in message news:42e8b704 (AT) dnews (DOT) tpgi.com.au... Well I think Ive discovered another problem to make my life a misery. The background. I have created a significantly size database in FM7. I also created a layout that could be used in many layouts, each new layout had the standard layout with extra information. I create a new blank layout and copy the standard details to it using a normal copy and paste. The problem. When I copy the layout sector it all works well, except one field which everytime appears as field not defined. I reapply the field and copy and paste again either from the original or the new layout. The field is missing again. I create a new field, delete the old one and rename the new field with the troublesome field name and insert it into the layout. It works well but when I copy and paste to a new layout the same field appears as undefined. It is only one field of 70 in the layout and when it is redeifined it works pefectly. Does anyone have any ideas. Thanks |
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