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    villapg is offline Novice
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    Question Copy Forms that can be edited without modifying original form


    I want to copy a form so I do not have to create a new form. I want to modify the new form but, when I do, the original form is also being modified. How can i prevent this?

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    offie is offline Competent Performer
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    How did you copy it exactly? I've done this before and the original one did not change, did you get propmted to rename it as CopyOfFormName?

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    villapg is offline Novice
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    I just right-click Copy and right-click Paste. I seems that the form copy and the original are linked together.

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    offie is offline Competent Performer
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    That's strange, I literally just did this to double check, did you copy and past within the navigation bar? Look at the properties on the copied form to see if anything sticks out.

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    offie is offline Competent Performer
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    So I just thought of this, all of your object will have the same name, is this what you are talking about? You can change the name to make it something else

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