APPLICATION MANAGEMENT

Linking individual design elements to a template
To link individual forms, views, navigators, pages, and other design elements to a template, copy the design element from a template or from a database that inherits its design from a template. Then paste the element into another database. You can also set up the link for existing design elements in a database to a template.

To link a copied design element to a template

When you copy a design element from a template or from a database linked to a template, the copied element automatically links to the template if you answer "Yes" when prompted about inheriting future design changes.

To link an existing design element to a template

If you link an existing design element to a template, the design is replaced when the server's Designer task runs or when you manually refresh the design. Thereafter, the design element remains synchronized with the template.

1. Select the master template and choose File ­ Database ­ Properties.

2. Click the Design tab.

3. Highlight the name in the "Database is a template" box and press CTRL+C to copy it.

4. Open the database containing a design element you want to link.

5. In the Applications Navigator, select the type of design element you're creating.

6. Select the name of the design element in the Work pane.

7. Do one of the following:

8. Click the Design tab of the Design or Agent Properties box.

9. Click "Inherit from the design template" and press CTRL+V to paste the name.

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