Archiving forms

Archiving a form or object removes it from the active development environment and places it in a special archive database. You can archive an object only if no one has it checked out.

Open the Form Control form.
In the Actions group box, select Archive.
Select the Forms tab.
In the Master form name field, select the form you want to archive.
Verify in the field that no one has the form checked out.

The Locked by user field should be blank.

Note: You cannot archive a form or object that is checked out. Execute Action is disabled if the form or object is checked out.

Select from the options that are shown in this table:


To archive this:	Do this:
The form without its template or any of its associated global objects	Verify that these check boxes are cleared: Include form template Display/select objects to be included with action
The template for the form	Select Include form template. Clearing this check box leaves the template in the forms template database.
Only one copy of each global object referenced by this form	Select Eliminate duplicate global references.
All copies of a global object	Clear Eliminate duplicate global references.
Global objects associated with this form	Select Display/select objects to be included with action. The Global Objects Referenced from Form pane displays all the global objects associated with this form. Perform one of these actions: To archive all associated global objects, click Select All. By default, all global objects associated with the form that can be archived are selected. To archive only selected global objects, first click Deselect All. Then, in the Inc (Include) column, select the objects you want to archive.

Click Execute Action.
When prompted, click OK.

Note: During this process, Form Control displays a warning if a device type exists for a form but is not synchronized between databases. For more information, see Utilities Tab.