Pasting Data Dictionary Elements from the Clipboard

To paste a table, column, index segment, typedef, rule, or view from the Windows clipboard, do the following:

1. In the tree view, select the paste position by doing one of the following:

   • For tables, typedefs, rules, and views (which by nature are not order-specific), click the Tables, Typedefs, Rules, or Views icon.

   • For columns and index segments (which by nature are order-specific), click the preceding element of the same type.

2. Do one of the following to paste the element:

   • On the Edit menu, select Paste Item.

   • Right-click to display the context-sensitive menu, and select Paste.

   • On the toolbar, click the Paste button:

3. The new element appears, displaying a default name that consists of the element type and a number. For example, the first table pasted will automatically be given the default name TABLE1. To enter a new name, click the element and enter a name that complies with the DDBuilder naming conventions, then either press Enter or click the mouse outside of the tree view.

4. The next time the data dictionary is opened, the list of tables, typedefs, rules, and views will be listed in alphabetical order, but column and index segment orders will not change. An element of one type cannot be pasted into a group of a different type. For example, a column element cannot be pasted into a rules list because they are not similar elements.