Backup a Query Print Layout or PLD form to restore later

[Former Member]

How can I backup a PLD or Query Print Layout and save to a drive that will allow me to restore the layouts later on another version of B1?

I am upgrading 2005 to 2007 and during some testing I found the layouts were not saved in it's original form that we created and we had to redo them. I want to be sure I keep the layout as is and only tweak the fields if they have changed at all from 1 version to the next.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Joanne

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Joanne

Have oyu tried the Copy Express add-on?

Paulo Calado

SAP Business One Forums Team

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Oh sure CX will work fine but not across DB versions. I need the format "before" I upgrade the DB....then take those forms and restore them or copy them to the new DB "after" upgrade.

I already tried to copy them across DB versions, no luck.

See I have a Check register using QPL that works great, when I do the upgrade from 2005A to 2007A, the layout goes all out of whack and is not the same as it was in 2005A. I had to redo everything in the layout as if it was created again.

I am trying to avoid that by coping the form someplace and seeing if I can restore it back after the fact, then test it.

Does that make sense?

[Former Member]

I don't think you have any options to do that as your wish. That is because two versions have so many differences in some tables and fields. That is why your 2005 PLD would be distorted in 2007. Hope SAP could develop more utilities to achieve the reasonable goal like yours. You may post an request on the following forum:

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Thanks,

Gordon