How copy and move affect links
This topic contains the rules that apply to links when
you copy or move objects in the database explorer or module windows.
When you use cut and paste:
- The first time you paste, you simply move the thing you are pasting.
- If you paste again, a copy is created.
If you | Then |
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Move an object, module, folder, or project that contains links | All the links are preserved. |
Copy an object that has links | If you copy the object within the same module,
out-links are copied. Each copied out-link uses the same link module
as the original out-link. The following rules apply to in-links:
Links are not copied if the link uses a mandatory linkset pairing that goes through a link module that has one-to-one mapping. External links are always copied because all the information about them is contained in the object. |
Copy a folder, project, formal module, or descriptive module that contains links | In-links are only copied if you also copy the
module that contains the object at the other end of the link. Out-links
are always copied.
External links are always copied because all the information
about them is contained in the object.
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