Resolved - "Error modifying the page" when copying a Form to a different app via definition copy/paste
Thanks in advance... I'm trying to copy a form from one app to another (we created as a standalone app and now we want to move its objects to inside our main app instead. It only has 2 forms and a few reports.)
- Form is very simple. It is a simple "documents list", with 4 fields to name and describe the document, plus a File Upload field.
- In the target app: Created a blank form, using same form name.
- In the source app: Copied all code for the form "with action" (even though it has no actions).
- In the target app: Opened via "with action", cleared the existing code, and pasted.
- I tried again, this time copying and replacing the code from the "without action" definition.
Problem: Non-specific error msg "Error modifying the page."
- The form is ultra-simple and will not be a problem to re-create from scratch.
- But I am concerned for the OTHER form in this app I am moving. It is much larger, complex, has scripting, and has some items I need to adjust (such as lookups to another app and now they will be the same app) - I have tried copying it in a test environment and cannot get past error messages even when I keep removing sections.
So the questions for now are:
- What usually causes "Error modifying the page" error in the case of copying a form?
- Is the copy of a form, and later of its reports (via copy/pasting their definition code) working? What are the general guidelines/caveats?
thanks...