Copy Project / Rename / Delet bug??

Classic Servoy
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I am a new user so there is a possibility there is lack of understanding but I don’t think so.

As a beginner… I am copying forms from the CRM example and pasting into my solution. I am aware of inheritance etc… I copy from CRM project and paste into my solution. My solution will then say frm_???_copy… if I rename it I then get errors referencing the copy but it should not be there… sometimes I then have to delete the copy form etc… I am sure if you deid some testing around what I am saying you will see there are bugs…

Cheers
Jonathon

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Hi Jonathon,

Copying around the source files is not really recommended. But if you really want to you should do it from within Eclipse.
Eclipse keeps track of all the (hidden) metadata that is stored in the workspace directory. Using Views like Navigator or Project Explorer you could copy things around and Eclipse will update this metadata for you.

So in short. Don’t copy files in the workspace outside of Eclipse, use one of the many file views that are bundled with Eclipse.

Hope this helps.

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And if you forget, choosing Project - Clean from the menu often helps to restore the order.

Kind regards,

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Thank’s for the tip on “Project Clean”.

For the record I never did anything outside Eclipse - so many problems from inside Eclipse.

Cheers
Jonathon

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don’t just copy the plain files, then you get all kinds of duplicate id’s that then also must be resolved
Use duplicate form action for those kind of things.