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Title:
HOW TO:
Use Droplist Values from a Different Database
Scenario:
Customer desires to
create a new database and use custom drop-list values that have been defined in
a different database.
Solution:
Open the database that
contains the drop-list values that you want to replicate. Choose the File
| Database | Utilities | Export CSV Data... menu option.
Using the Data Export window, double-click on FieldValues and Models
to select these tables for export. Click on the button (Define Export File) to
the right on the Export File Name text box. Choose the folder and file name that
will contain your exported information. Click the Export Data button. This
process will export the selected tables to the file you defined. Close the Data
Export window.
Choose the File
| Database | New... menu option to create your new database,
choose File | Database | Open... if the target database already exists. Choose
the File | Database | Utilities | Import Text Data...
menu option. Using the Data Import window, click the Browse button to
locate the file containing your exported data. Make certain that the Field
Delimiter is set to Comma, then click the Import Data button. This
will import all drop-list values that were previously exported from your prior
database.
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