Reverse form inheritance: possible?

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I’m afraid I already know the answer, but the forum is full of very creative people so… :)

I’m converting to 6 a very old solution, based on Servoy 3.5: while rewriting large part of the code I decided to change the interface, that now requires a Header, a Footer and a different Body height.
The bad part is that I’ve to do that for all my forms and, since I’m not starting from scratch, I cannot see a way to use form inheritance: is it possible to make an already existing form to be “linked” to another one or is it something you can do only when creating the form?

I tried to use the property EXTENDS, but it seems to be limited to forms based on the same table: in my case is useless, because I only have one “details” form per table. What I need is to say: ok, use the settings for header, body and footer of the form “DETAILS_DUMMY” in the forms “Customers details”, “Offer details” etc.

Then I can use the templates to recall all the elements I need (buttons, labels etc.).

Any suggestion?

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If the datasource of your “DETAILS_DUMMY” form is -none-, then your “Customer details” and “Offer details” can just extend it.

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Joas:
If the datasource of your “DETAILS_DUMMY” form is -none-, then your “Customer details” and “Offer details” can just extend it.

I totally forgot that I can set the datasource to NONE: thanks, Joas. It’s what I needed :)