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    copied!<p>I am new to Sitecore.</p> <p>In Sitecore I need to enable users to create new items based on existing items. I am envisioning something like this:</p> <ol> <li>the user clicks "insert" in the context menu</li> <li>the user is prompted for another item somewhere in the tree (it must be based on a specific template)</li> <li>A new item is created with some fields pre-populated with the values from the original item</li> <li>The user can now fill out other fields which are not pre-filled - or change the pre-populated values</li> </ol> <p>(notice that the new item is based on another template than the original). I do not have worry about changes to the original item - they do not need to be propagated to the new item.</p> <p>As a beginner I don't know how to do this. I have looked at various options:</p> <p>a. Clones. Clones seemed to be close to what I want, but I can't have extra fields on the new item, and they can't be based on different templates. So I guess its not really a clone I am after. (also, they are pretty new to Sitecore)</p> <p>b. events. I think I should be able to intercept the "new item" event, but I have no idea how I would then throw up a dialogbox and ask the user to select an original item.</p> <p>c. Reference to original item. I have figured out how to create a field that can contain a reference to the original item. However, how do I populate fields when the user sets it - and how can I make sure the user starts with this field before doing anything else?</p> <p>I have also looked into commands, hooks and more ...</p> <p>So? Any ideas?</p>
 

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