Copy/Paste multiple objects

[Greg]

Hi all,

Is there a way to copy multiple objects into the clipboard and then paste
them?
What I want to achive is to be able to copy UI controls (textedits,
dropdowns, etc) from one form and paste them into another form.

Your help is much appriciated. Thanks in advance,
Greg.

[psg]

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Is there a way to copy multiple objects into the clipboard and then paste
them?
What I want to achive is to be able to copy UI controls (textedits,
dropdowns, etc) from one form and paste them into another form.

Your help is much appriciated. Thanks in advance,

just select controls with mouse (with help of CTRL - one by one), then
Edit->Copy (or CTRL+C), go to a destination form and Edit->Paste (or CTRL+V)
..... like in a word processor

PZDR PSG

[Greg]

It doesn't work. It seems that I cannot copy/paste a single textbox let
alone multiple textboxes.
Here is the example I used for a single text box:

Clipboard.SetDataObject(textBox2);
IDataObject iData = Clipboard.GetDataObject();
TextBox newTextBox = (TextBox)iData.GetData(DataFormats.Serializable);

textBox2 exists already on the form.

What is returned by GetData is a null reference.

Please help....