Copying controls
You can copy controls within a window or to other windows. All
properties of the control, as well as all of its scripts, are copied.
You can use this technique to make a copy of an existing control and
change what you want in the copy.
To copy a control:
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Select the control.
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Select Edit>Copy from the menu bar or press Ctrl+C.
The control is copied to a private PowerBuilder
clipboard. -
Do one of the following:
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To copy the control within the same window, select
Edit>Paste Controls from the menu bar or press Ctrl+V. -
To copy the control to another window, click the Open
button in the PowerBar and open the window in another instance
of the Window painter. Make that window active and select
Edit>Paste Controls from the menu bar or press Ctrl+V.If the control you are pasting has the same name as a
control that already exists in the window, the Paste Control
Name Conflict dialog box displays.If prompted, change the name of the pasted control to be
unique.
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PowerBuilder pastes the control in the destination window at the
same location as in the source window. If you are pasting into the same
window, move the pasted control so it does not overlay the original
control. You can make whatever changes you want to the copy; the source
control will be unaffected.