Information for System Administrators
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A user must have (or be a member of a group that has) the
daDittoAllpermission in order to use the Edit>Ditto>All Fields (SHIFT+F9) option. -
Read-only fields and Security tab fields are overwritten when Ditto>All Fields is selected, but not when Ditto>Current Tab is selected. - Unique-value fields (IRN, for example) cannot be copied because the value can not be used in more than one record.
- See Recent List Length Registry entry for details about specifying the maximum number of records to be stored as Ditto records in the Ditto box.
With the Ditto utility it is possible to copy data from:
- One field in a record into the same field in another record.
- A tab in a record into the same tab in another record.
- All fields in a record into another record.
Tip: The Ditto utility can be used when adding a new record or editing an existing record.
When a record is selected as a Ditto record, it is listed in the Ditto box and can be re-selected at any time.
To display the Ditto box:
- Select Edit>Ditto>Select Ditto Record from the Menu bar:
Clearly, there can be more than one record listed as Ditto records in The selected record from which data is copied into a new or existing record using the Ditto utility..
By default, Ditto records are assigned a temporary status and will be replaced when the number of Ditto records that can be saved as Ditto records has been exceeded (see Recent List Length Registry entry for details). It is possible to add a record to the Ditto box permanently however.
Before the Ditto utility can be used to copy data from one record to another, it is necessary to select which record is to be the Ditto record (the record which will be copied):
- If the record is not already added to the Ditto box, see How to make the current record the Ditto record.
- If the record is already added to the Ditto Box, see How to select a Ditto record from the Ditto box.