I have a basic question.  I created a database by building a form.  I then copied that form and made updates on the copied form, which I then made the working form.

I kept the original form because I've always had a fear that I would mess up my database if I deleted the original form.  Is it OK to delete the original form?  How about subsequent copies of the form?

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Thanks.  That's what I thought.

I did find an issue, however that needs to be addressed before deleting any forms.  I have a lot of programming in my application and when I created a new form, I copied the original, which meant that all the programming was looking for the original form.  When I deleted the original, the programming did not perform as expected and I got all kinds of weird error messages.

So, while the original form can be deleted, care must be taken with any programming that references the original form.