Hi,

Well the list comes through again - 40 (+) replies - a record?

This is something people obviously need to do *and* I obviously didn't look
hard enough - as they say the true power of ArcView is 'under the hood' -
anyway...

The solutions break down pretty much as follows:
  - the use of an ODB file, available at the ESRI site - works for layouts
and views, etc - thanks for the various add-ons to this, especially from
Bruce Cotton (a fellow Aussie!) - this is definitely something to explore
  - purpose written scripts and extensions (Greg Krakow's 'DocClone.avx',
'copyview.ave, Minnesota DNR default extension, etc) - again a lot of these
work for more than just views
  - the potentially quickest way - and 'clean' - is to select the themes in
the view you want (shift-click), copy from the Edit menu or Ctrl-C, make a
new view, and Ctrl-V. ArcView copies the specific theme name, 'symbology'
(sic!), etc - sweet!

Thanks for all the scripts guys - I have a huge stapled pile of paper on my
desk to digest!

Thanks, in no particular order, to:
  - Bruce Cotton
  - Kate Hubbs
  - Marie Mills
  - Tina Tam
  - Greg Krakow
  - Michael Batcher
  - Lindsay Mason
  - David Trillo Montero
  - Frank Razem
  - John Burt
  - Nathan K. Eaton
  - Gary Barden
  - Lora Gerard
  - Martin Sokolich
  - Mark Harris
  - Andrew Hands
  - Pete Wilkins
  - Bill Chappell
  - Susan Coleman
  - Jan Benson
  - Brian Green
  - Christie Kearney
  - Margaret Gooding
  - Yew Yuan
  - Dave Hoehne
  - John MacNaughton
  - Michael Kohler
  - Rolf Aa. Broch
  - Danielle Vasquez
  - Charles Smith
  - Matt Franz
  - Andrea Newman
  - Mary Stallings
  - Tim Loesch
  - Whitney Weber
  - Tara Montgomery
  - Michael Ciscell
  - Ray Montgomery
  - Lon Sharp
  - Robert van Waasbergen
  - anyone else I missed

Regards,
GREG...



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Greg Cocks wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This may not be possible, but any thoughts on how to copy a view in its
> entirety? I want to display a series of views on one 'E' size layout,
> all with exact same base themes - and don't want to have to tun on and
> off 'live link' as well as blowing out my APR size.
>
> I have looked around with no luck. The only work around that I can see
> if you want to copy a view more than once (I need do do it 10 times in
> the same project to display temporal data sets on one layout) is:
>
>   -  open ArcView again (in NT/2000)
>   -  start a new project called, say, <view.apr>
>   -  bring in all the common data as new themes
>   -  cut & paste the theme labels from the original open project
>   -  symbolise (ugh, hate that word) the new themes based on ones saved
> in the original
>   -  save the project and close this instance of ArcView
>   -  return to the original instance of ArcView
>   -  import the newly created <view.apr>
>   -  "repeat as necessary"
>
> Ugly huh?
>
> Suggestions? Have I overlooked something simple??
>
> TIA!
>
> Regards,
> GREG...