ssaucedo Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Is it possible to copy a layout to another database? Relationships, field names etc are not a factor. Have a backup copy of my database. Messed up a layout and want to restore it by copying the layout from my backup copy of my database. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Queue- Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Go into Layout Mode, select all objects, copy, and paste into the other file, or drag-and-drop them if that's an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_henry_ Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Hi, You can also use T-Square (View -> T-Square) or Ctrl-T in arranging your objects or items in the layout. Object Info (View -> Object Info) would be also helpful tool in modifying your layout. Hope that helps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean West Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 If you are on a mac I recommend ClipManger http://myfmbutler.com/index.lasso?p=422 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MHAriete64 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I want to re-ask this question b/c I don't know as though the answers addressed the question. You can copy/paste scripts and fields and such between one file (database) and another. But, you cannot copy/paste LAYOUTS from one file (database) to another. Is that correct? If not, please tell me how you can. Thanks. - Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcooney Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 What part of this is confusing?: "Go into Layout Mode, select all objects, copy, and paste into the other file" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Smith Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 (edited) The difference between using [color:blue]Clip Manager (a commercial product by myFMbutler), and the [color:blue]Copy and Paste mention in your question, and replied to by [color:orange]Barbara's, is that the [color:blue]Clip Manager can retain your better efforts in a convenient place inside Clip Manager, for access at will, and the Copy Paste is a limited to the clipboard activity. For more about [color:blue]Clip Manager, go to their site Link I use, and like Clip Manager. Lee Edited March 20, 2009 by Guest Clarify a few points better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 you cannot copy/paste LAYOUTS from one file (database) to another. Is that correct? Yes, that is correct. You can only copy/paste layout OBJECTS from one layout to another. Which means you want to make sure the target layout has all the required parts and sufficient size to accommodate the pasted objects. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHAriete64 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 THANK YOU! I thought I was crazy, all these posts about just "copy and paste" ease. I've wanted to be able to do this for some time but was pretty darn sure you couldn't. What is FileMaker waiting for? Why don't they give us this capability? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcooney Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Because it's pretty rare that two databases would have the exact same fields, TOs, etc. If you need an exact copy, Save As Clone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHAriete64 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I have built a solution that is housed on a server at a local community college and I keep a copy of the DB on my office computer. I build and test new options for the DB at the office, then go to school to implement them I cannot build whole LAYOUTS and then copy and paste the new LAYOUT into the solution. I essentially must recreate it. This, in my opinion is where FMP could be improved - for developers who test functionality before implementing it in an online solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcooney Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I understand. I don't update an existing live solution. We import the data from the old version into the new structure and then upload. It does involve downtime. There is so much that the layout would need (as it does if you copy/paste its objects). I would imagine that you've created new relationships (TOs), scripts and fields that the old version doesn't have and that would need to remap if you pasted layout objects. This lack of the needed TOs, scripts and fields would still haunt you if you could paste a layout. In fact, the layout may need to be based on a TO that doesn't exist in the old version. That's why I don't see this as a huge void in FM's functionality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHAriete64 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Yes, very good point. Either way, you'd have to do a lot of background work to make the new layout compatible with the existing infrastructure. I just found it surprising that (up until v.10) you could copy and paste scripts, fields, and tables, but not layouts. BTW, I just noticed they took away the ability to copy/paste scripts and changed it to an "Import" function. I found that odd. I skipped over 9, so it might have been there. Have you any idea why they did that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcooney Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 It's there, it's under Edit or Cmd-C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHAriete64 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Oh, sure, there it is. They just took away the buttons in the interface but left the functionality. Interesting. Thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellmaker Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 [using FM 12 Advanced] There does seem to be some inconsistency with things. You can copy a table with cmd-c (mac), but it appears you can't cmd-v paste it in the table manager. You have to use the "paste" button at the bottom of the screen. But you can just copy/paste by keyboard the scripts. As for layouts, I find I can copy the objects, but they lose their field definitions, even if the same field names exist in the new based-on table. Just an observation, so I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcooney Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 If both layouts are based on the same Table Occurrence, then the fields will copy over just fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies Ayyaz Posted May 1, 2019 Newbies Share Posted May 1, 2019 How does one create a dashboard of different templates/layouts. for example, I am using the contact template and now would like to add Asset template. so rather than adding a new layout can we not import another template layout. New user, I am afraid hence the question so please be kind. thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Ormond Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 4 hours ago, Ayyaz said: How does one create a dashboard of different templates/layouts. for example, I am using the contact template and now would like to add Asset template. so rather than adding a new layout can we not import another template layout. New user, I am afraid hence the question so please be kind. thank you You should start a new question, instead of adding on to this very old thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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