<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Brent,</div><div><br></div><div>Hm - this is not what I observe. Normally you should be able to carry over attribute widget definitions to other layers even if the attributes don't fully match. It would assign those who match.</div><div><br></div><div>
<div>Are you talking about the "drag and drop" configuration mode (there are three different form configuration modes).<br></div>
</div><div><br></div><div>I used this all the time when I was configuring more complex projects. I never had issues when adding or removing columns.<br></div><div><br></div><div>If this doesn't work, it should be reported as a bug with data helping to reproduce the issue.</div><div><br></div><div>I am sure this can be fixed.</div><div><br></div><div>Andreas<br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 at 04:35, Brent Wood via QGIS-User <<a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-7135331763653293244">
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Hi,</div>
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I have created some forms for data entry/edit using QGIS.</div>
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I have successfully exported them & imported them to apply in different computers with QGIS.</div>
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It can take several hours to create such a form where there are 80+ columns in the underlying database table,<br>
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I now have the situation where the underlying table needs columns added or removed.</div>
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QGIS will not apply a saved form to a layer unless the structure is identical.<br>
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How can I reuse a form for a layer representing a database table with (say) a single new column, by adding the new column to the form, rather than manually creating the whole form from scratch?<br>
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Thanks<br>
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