Re: Copying column values in Ecco Extension

>> After some experience, however, it looks as if the values in the Y column maintain a link to those in the X column, and switch back to those X-column values after a time -- though not right away, which adds a spooky element to an inconvenient feature.

Sounds too weird to me. 

I tried Merge Column Values command in a new file and it indeed copies values from one folder/column to another and nothing more. There should not be any hidden links or whatever connections between original value and it’s copy.

Can you re-produce this effect in a new file or it exists only in your working data file? 

Best regards,
JS


From: Frank Nettleton [email protected] [eccopro] 
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 06:01
To: [email protected] 
Subject: [eccopro] Copying column values in Ecco Extension
  

Here's a matter of some urgency to me:

I recently discovered the Merge Column Values function in Ecco Extension.  When you open that dialog, the message is: copy (not merge) column values from X (folder/column) to Y (folder/column).

Perhaps because of this message wording, I assumed using that command would create independent copies of the values in the X column in the Y column, which I could then permanently alter at will.  In my principal Ecco applications, being able to do this would be a great boon.

After some experience, however, it looks as if the values in the Y column maintain a link to those in the X column, and switch back to those X-column values after a time -- though not right away, which adds a spooky element to an inconvenient feature.

Appreciate advice as to whether I'm correctly understanding how this works, and if so:

1) Of what use a permanently linked set of column values is (why not just use the same column in both places?), and

2) Whether there is a way to do what I want, i.e., copy values between columns so that the Y values do not maintain a link to the X values, and remain the same until I change them.

Many thanks in advance,

Frank Nettleton