Re: Copying column values in Ecco Extension [5 Attachments]

Thanks very much for these replies.
Friedhelm -- I take it you are saying:
a) I am right in thinking that the copied values in Column Y (as I am calling it) are not stable; and
b) You recommend using this function only to copy between Ecco files, not within them.
Please advise whether I have understood you correctly. 


JS -- Your answer is what I was hoping to hear, but it seems Friedhelm may be contradicting it.  I will continue playing around with this and advise if anything new becomes clear. 

With great appreciation, 

Frank Nettleton
 

    On Friday, December 16, 2016 8:47 AM, "Friedhelm Dohmann [email protected] [eccopro]" <[email protected]> wrote:
 

      It makes sense and we recommend it when copying column values from one data file to another (not within the same file to a different folder/column!) For example please see my new advanced billing template for law offices at http://creativeservices.us/legalbilling.html
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        >> 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
          
 
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