I did try dragging in the table view, but I probably did not have a record
selected via filter. Thanks for pointing that out specifically. Will try
again.
cheers,
tod
On Sep 7, 2013, at 4:50 AM, Paul Lens wrote:
> Following method works pretty good for me:
>
> - open your form;
> - use the filter (one of the icons on the bottom right of the form window) to
> select the existing record to duplicate (or to select a small set of
> records including the intended one);
> - activate an additional table view (one of the icons on the bottom right of
> the form window): the selected record(s) appear(s) on top of your form;
> - simply select the row you want to duplicate (click the green arrow left of
> the row) and drag it to the bottom of the additional table view (the bottom
> of this table view contains an empty row marked with the yellow star icon
> "Insert a new record").
>
> NB: opening the additional table view without selecting records, and trying
> to duplicate directly last row of the table does not work, presumably because
> of to many records. After selection of records, it works every time for me. I
> don't know if there is a maximum number of records to allow in the selection.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Paul
>
>
> Le 7/09/2013 9:09, Alexander Thurgood a écrit :
>> Le 06/09/13 23:46, T Hopkins a écrit :
>>
>> Hi Tod,
>>
>>> I cannot find a method for duplicating a single record or row in a Base
>>> table or form. I want to create new records that contain data from an
>>> existing record. Any suggestions?
>>>
>> Look up clone / copy a record in Base in the openoffice.org user forums:
>>
>> http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=51613
>>
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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