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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi, <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">If I understood correctly, You want to reuse a form given that a layer has more columns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">If you are using QGIS GUI you can:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Option A. Change the data source to the layer. The form will remain. Add/edit the new attributes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Option B. Add the new layer and copy styles (form)
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">à</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> paste the style/form to the new layer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Rosa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#3333FF;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">-</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> QGIS-User <qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brent Wood via QGIS-User<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 5, 2023 4:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org' <qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Qgis-user] QGIS attribute forms question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">I have created some forms for data entry/edit using QGIS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">I have successfully exported them & imported them to apply in different computers with QGIS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">It can take several hours to create such a form where there are 80+ columns in the underlying database table,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">I now have the situation where the underlying table needs columns added or removed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">QGIS will not apply a saved form to a layer unless the structure is identical.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">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?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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