Re-use a configuration object definition
Before you use the Delete or Cut operations, you should first use the Show Usage functionality in order to understand where the configuration object you are removing may be used. The Delete or Cut operations may lead to an object being irrevocably deleted from the Alfabet database, thus causing inconsistencies if the configuration object is referenced by other configuration objects in your solution configuration.
The functionalities to delete, cut, copy, and paste are standard functionalities available on right-click on most configuration objects.
- Use the Delete operation to remove the configuration object from the solution configuration. The configuration object will be irrevocably deleted from the Alfabet database.
- Use the Cut operation to delete a configuration object from the current location and store the configuration object definition in the clipboard. You can then paste the configuration object definition to another configuration object. Depending on the type of configuration object that you are cutting, the configuration object may be deleted from the Alfabet database.
- Use the Copy operation to copy a configuration object definitionin to the clipboard. You can then paste the configuration object definition to another configuration object.
- Use the Paste operation to replace the definition of a selected configuration object with the definition of a configuration object of the same type from the clipboard. Objects can be added to the clipboard using Cut or Copy operations. When you paste to a target object, you will replace the existing definition of the target object with the definition of the source object you have cut or copied.
There is no Undo action ! Cut and Paste actions are not reversible. Therefore, you should be certain that a source object may be deleted as the result of the Cut action and the definition of a target object may be overwritten as the result of a Paste action.