Re: Designer 6i : Transfer of ownership of objects?

Oh. I'm learning. You can drag without holding down the shift key to get the desired result. But you don't drag to the "entity" section of the container. You drag to the container title itself!

Well, thanks for your interest!

Mark

"enquiry" <noone_at_hometownz.co.uk> wrote in message news:anuhn8$88d$1_at_venus.btinternet.com...
> Ah, I have discovered that I can hold down the shift key when dragging the
> entity from one container to the other and get the desired result of a
> transfer between containers. I was confusing ownership (users) of objects
> with location of objects. "Move" was the magic word rather than transfer.
>
> But, unlike designer 2000 it leaves no "share" behind in the source
> container to point to the moved object. I've tried dragging without the
> shift key but it asks me for a type of reference and offers me "Sub
entity"
> or "relationship". It's not a sub entity nor is it a relationship. I
just
> want it to look like a share did in designer 2000. So I keep a reference
to
> it from the donor container.
>
> Help!
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
> P.S. To avoid a spamalanche of unwanted junk mail I've substituted a
false
> reply address, so please post any helpful replies to the newsgroup.
Thanks!
>
>
> "enquiry" <noone_at_hometownz.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:anucv5$aii$1_at_knossos.btinternet.com...
> > We've recently migrated from a Designer 2000 v1.3.2 repository to
Designer
> > 6i release 4. I'm confused by the way D6i handles transfers of
ownership
> of
> > objects, such as entities. When I read the online help, it looks like I
> > can't transfer ownership of objects below container level from
> > one container to another. With Designer 2000 I could share/transfer or
> copy
> > individual
> > entities between application no problem. The migrated data shows the
old
> > "hand"
> > symbol that represents a share, or reference as they now call them, but
I
> > can't see how to "unshare" or transfer between the containers in the
newly
> > migrated work area.
> >
> > Can anyone shed any light on this?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Tue Oct 08 2002 - 07:23:05 CDT