You can create a new GUI status by making a copy of an existing status.

There are two ways to do this.

• You can copy a status within a program. If you do this, there are two further possibilities:

• The target status uses the same components. In this case, the status references are maintained, so any changes to components are visible in both statuses.
• The target status only uses some of the same components. In this case, you choose which components are to be used. These are copied into the new status. In the new status, all references to the components are replaced with references to the copy. This means that changes to these objects are only visible in the target status. The references to the other (unselected) components are kept. This principle is explained in the following diagram.

• You can copy a status from a different program. In this case, the system copies all components.

This procedure tells you how to create a new status by copying an existing status from the same program. You start on the initial screen of the Menu Painter.

1. Choose Status.

The Copy Status dialog box appears. By default, the current program and status appear as the To and Frm program and status.

2. Enter a new status for the To status.
3. Choose Copy.

In the next dialog box, you can choose whether the copy should use all of the same or some of the same components. In the second case, you can choose a set of components. The default option is Same components. However, you can also choose Partly the same... (see above diagram). In this case, you must then select the components that you want to use.

4. Select the components that you want to use.
5. Choose Copy.

The system creates the new status in the same program.

When you copy the status into another program, step 4 is omitted, since all components are automatically copied.