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    Copy form from table to set

    I have a form operating on a table (let's call it table A). Now I want to create an identical form operating on a set where table A is the parent and table B is the child. I can copy the form across to the set, but it will only operate on table A, that's the only table in form properties and it can't be changed to add table B. Can I do what I am trying to do, or am I forced to recreate the form from scratch for the set?
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    Re: Copy form from table to set

    The copy of a form from a table to a set works fine for me.

    Sounds like you are still opening the form based on the table.

    Put the control panel in detail view to see what the table/set that a form is based on.
    Al Buchholz
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      #3
      Re: Copy form from table to set

      If I go into design mode on the control panel, it shows the form correctly as operating on the set. If I look at form properties, under the filter/order tab, it shows the only table as being table A. No apparent way to open the link to table B.

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        #4
        Re: Copy form from table to set

        Like Al I've never had a problem with doing this. Have you double checked the set definition to ensure that it does include tables other than the parent?
        There can be only one.

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          #5
          Re: Copy form from table to set

          Yes, I double checked the set definition and it includes both table A as the parent and table B as the children. Looks the same as all the other sets I have defined.
          I am going to delete the set and recreate it, and see if that has any effect.

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            #6
            Re: Copy form from table to set

            Originally posted by noldfield View Post
            Yes, I double checked the set definition and it includes both table A as the parent and table B as the children. Looks the same as all the other sets I have defined.
            I am going to delete the set and recreate it, and see if that has any effect.
            Can you zip the set and post it or email it to me?

            Something else is going on.....

            Is the table and the set using the same name?

            Is allowed, but not a best practice...
            Al Buchholz
            Bookwood Systems, LTD
            Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

            Occam's Razor - KISS
            Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
            Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
            When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
            "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
            Albert Einstein

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              #7
              Re: Copy form from table to set

              Also you may have to rebuild indexes on the set - right click the set. This may force A5 to create the index for the set link.
              Robin

              Discernment is not needed in things that differ, but in those things that appear to be the same. - Miles Sanford

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                Re: Copy form from table to set

                Originally posted by MoGrace View Post
                Also you may have to rebuild indexes on the set - right click the set. This may force A5 to create the index for the set link.
                Robin

                That would affect the data retrieval but not the structure of the set being seen from the form.
                Al Buchholz
                Bookwood Systems, LTD
                Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                Occam's Razor - KISS
                Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                Albert Einstein

                http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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                  #9
                  Re: Copy form from table to set

                  Table and set have different names.
                  I rebuilt the set with exactly the same definition and everything worked OK. Typical!

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                    Re: Copy form from table to set

                    Originally posted by noldfield View Post
                    Table and set have different names.
                    I rebuilt the set with exactly the same definition and everything worked OK. Typical!
                    Glad it's fixed.

                    Another thing to try in a case like this is to duplicate the set to a new name.

                    Than tends to fix internal structure problems.

                    If you have a backup of the malfunctioning set you can try that or in the rare case that you run into it again, keep this in your hip pocket.

                    ( or if anyone else runs across this thread in the future...)
                    Al Buchholz
                    Bookwood Systems, LTD
                    Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                    Occam's Razor - KISS
                    Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                    Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                    When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                    "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                    Albert Einstein

                    http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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