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Display and Group Duplication
Display and Group Duplication
Workflow allows you to duplicate displays and display groups.
Exception to the Duplication Rule
After a display is duplicated, the original and duplicated item become independent of one another, where modifications to one do not affect the other. However, there is one exception to this rule.

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  - Display and Group Duplication
    Workflow allows you to duplicate displays and display groups.
    - Add displays or forms to a group
    - Add a display or form group to another group
    - Duplicate a display or group
      This procedure applies only to forms, user displays, and form and user display groups.
    - Differences Between Duplicate Displays
      The idea of duplicating is to make an exact copy of the original; however, in some cases there are some differences between duplicated forms and user displays.
    - Exception to the Duplication Rule
      After a display is duplicated, the original and duplicated item become independent of one another, where modifications to one do not affect the other. However, there is one exception to this rule.
    - File Duplication in Forms and Displays
      When forms or displays that were created in the Forms Designer are duplicated, the files in the project folder (in Windows Explorer) are also duplicated.
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Exception to the Duplication Rule

After a display is duplicated, the original and duplicated item become independent of one another, where modifications to one do not affect the other. However, there is one exception to this rule.

If you create a form that points to an external .NET assembly file (created in another tool, such as Visual Studio), and then duplicate that form, both forms contain a reference to that assembly file. If you then upload a new version of that assembly file in the original form, then when the duplicate form is opened, the new version of the assembly file is also loaded for it

However, this behavior is not specific to duplication. If you create two independent forms that use the same .NET assembly, and a new version of the assembly is uploaded to one of the forms, both forms will use the new version. Only the most recent version of the .NET assemblies are saved.