I "clone" remedy forms all the time...in fact a development practice I use is to create a "demonstration" ticketing form for each feature or enhancement that I am working on...so I have a "base" ticketing form and I export the form and workflow of the base to a def file...I'm more comfortable working with the def file than the XML...and make name changes and other mods...then reimport it.
The base form I have does have indexes...and I have never had a problem. Bruce Sent from my iPad On Apr 13, 2012, at 11:12 AM, John Sundberg <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > ***** I THINK DIFFERENTLY --- SOMETIMES THAT IS GOOD -- SOMETIMES NOT ****** > > Yes - I could just go in and save as... > > However -- this is a small part of a larger project…. > > Autogenerate Remedy forms form Lotus Notes forms - :) > > 1) Auto create table > 2) Auto migrate data > 3) Auto delete Notes table > 4) Party!!! > > > My ***guess*** is that the index references are "unused" (not sure about > that) -- but -- if I were to take this def to a new system -- which already > had a T189/I189 -- I would imagine this definition would not overwrite those > indexes… -- so it is probably safe…. > > I was wondering if anybody KNEW -- that this was a bad idea. > > Here is the fundamental problem -- when I export a def of a form -- I get > 12500 lines… > (IMHO - unusable) > > Yeah -- probably has 20 fields on it -- but the xml is so crazy it takes > 12500 lines to describe… > > So -- WHAT IF I … > > created something like this: > > > my_sample_file.txt > > table "MySample Table" > > field "RequestID", 1 > field "Submitter", 2 > … > > > field "My unique field", 0 # 0 is autoassigen > field "MY unique field2", 0 > > > index ["My unique field","My unique field2"], unique > > etc…. > > > Then -- when your "run it" -- it outputs a HORIFICALLYLARGE XML file -- that > would import nicely. > > **** AND EVEN NICER …. > you can get the reverse… a table - to a nice definition -- so you can EASILY > FIND -- ??? > > (I know - many pieces behind the scenes) > > > OK - an example: > > > table "MySample Table2" > > inherits_from "MySample Table" > field "My unique field3", 0 > > index ["My unique field","My unique field3"], unique > > > -John > > > > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Coleman, Gavin > <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Can you not just select the form and then go to FileàSave As? Assuming you’re > in Developer Studio. Similar functionality exists in the old Admin tool. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Gavin Coleman > > Senior Analyst/Programmer > > Computacenter (UK) Ltd > > Services & Solutions > > Hatfield Avenue > > Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9TW, United Kingdom > > T: +44 (0) 1707 631662 > > E: [email protected] > > W: www.computacenter.com > > > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Sundberg > Sent: 13 April 2012 15:25 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Form export and import - renaming > > > > ** > > > > I was thinking of making a similar form to an existing form. > > > > I thought I would export it -- modify the name of the form in the export and > then reimport. > > > > > > So -- I went poking through the xml definition of the file… > > > > The only "gotcha" I see is that the xml file describes the indexes by index > name -- stuff like i189 …. 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