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Copying Fields

The copy‑field symbol maintains a field at the original location and inserts a copy of the field at one or more new locations. It is used much like the move‑field symbol. For example, rather than move the data entry field after the word ADDRESS, a second field is inserted to allow for a two‑line address as shown in the following example.

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IDEAL: PANEL LAYOUT BLANK      PNL ADRMPNL1 (001) TEST       SYS: DOC   FILL‑IN
 Start ¬    End ;   New +  Rep @   Del *   Move >   Copy ¢   Dest !   Width  80
........1.........2.........3.........4.........5.........6.........7.........8
==================================  T O P  ====================================
     ¬ ORDER#¬ ______¬ CUSTOMER #¬ ____¬ ORDER DATE¬ ________;

     ¬ EMPLOYEE NAME¬ ____________________________________;

     ¬ ADDRESS¢__________________________________________;

             !
     ¬ QTY; ¬ ITEM NO; ¬ ITEM DESC;     ¬ PRICE;   ¬ AMOUNT;
     ¬ ___; ¬ _______; ¬ _____________; ¬ _______; ¬ _______;
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The resulting layout is shown below. The copied field is placed exactly where the destination symbol was placed because blank‑fill is in effect.

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IDEAL: PANEL LAYOUT BLANK       PNL ADRMPNL1 (001) TEST      SYS: DOC   FILL‑IN
 Start ¬    End ;   New +  Rep @   Del *   Move >   Copy ¢   Dest !   Width  80
........1.........2.........3.........4.........5.........6.........7.........8
==================================  T O P  ====================================
     ¬ ORDER#¬ ______¬ CUSTOMER #¬ ____¬ ORDER DATE¬ ________;

     ¬ EMPLOYEE NAME¬ ____________________________________;

     ¬ ADDRESS¬ __________________________________________;

             ¬ __________________________________________;
     ¬ QTY; ¬ ITEM NO; ¬ ITEM DESC;     ¬ PRICE;   ¬ AMOUNT;
     ¬ ___; ¬ _______; ¬ _____________; ¬ _______; ¬ _______;
===============================  B O T T O M  =================================