# If I copy (or cut) and paste an instance of UDT, its values are not copied **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [October 21, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/if-i-copy-or-cut-and-paste-an-instance-of-udt-its-values-are-not-copied/29251 "2019-10-21T15:52:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![informatica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3ab097/32.png) [@informatica](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/informatica)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/if-i-copy-or-cut-and-paste-an-instance-of-udt-its-values-are-not-copied/29251/1 "2019-10-21T15:52:58Z")
In Ignition 7.9.9, if I **copy** (or cut) and paste **an instance of UDT** , its values are not copied. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/9/9499172e3fc7f0eb2ab3dae193b6e74ca75870f6.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/1/137c98815c5fc2b322992f657c7599972b62415e.png) This is a big inconvenience. For example, if you are moving a UDT within a folder. Best Regards. ---
**Author:** ![Rendi.Yohanes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rendi.Yohanes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Rendi.Yohanes)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/if-i-copy-or-cut-and-paste-an-instance-of-udt-its-values-are-not-copied/29251/2 "2019-10-21T16:01:32Z")
Have you tried drag and drop instead of cut and paste? ---
**Author:** ![informatica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3ab097/32.png) [@informatica](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/informatica)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/if-i-copy-or-cut-and-paste-an-instance-of-udt-its-values-are-not-copied/29251/3 "2019-10-21T17:15:35Z")
The same happens if I do “drag and drop”. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/7/727a5b64855ee1313df9943540500eb90b27ab43.png) ---
**Author:** ![witman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/if-i-copy-or-cut-and-paste-an-instance-of-udt-its-values-are-not-copied/29251/4 "2019-10-21T17:51:36Z")
I don’t have a 7.9.9 install to test this in, so I can’t confirm the issue there. But I just tried copying and pasting (via Ctrl-drag-n-drop) a complex UDT with a bunch of memory tags in 7.9.12 and the values were copied as expected. An aside: if you’ve avoided upgrading past 7.9.9 due to 32-bit clients, the 7.9.12 client launcher installer now handles those gracefully, automatically clearing the option to use embedded (64-bit) Java. Our upgrades from 7.9.9 to 7.9.12 went smoothly, including the client launchers on 32-bit client PCs (they continue to use the existing stand-alone 32-bit Java installs they used in 7.9.9). ---
**Author:** ![informatica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3ab097/32.png) [@informatica](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/informatica)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/if-i-copy-or-cut-and-paste-an-instance-of-udt-its-values-are-not-copied/29251/5 "2019-10-21T18:33:57Z")
So it seems a problem of version 7.9.9 Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![MMaynard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mmaynard/32/3366_2.png) [@MMaynard](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MMaynard)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/if-i-copy-or-cut-and-paste-an-instance-of-udt-its-values-are-not-copied/29251/6 "2019-10-21T18:39:20Z")
For a workaround until you can upgrade, you can export to XML, edit the title, and import.