Reinitialzed a winform

[kzmm]

Hi,

there is a button on a form called new. On clicking that button i wanted to make the form like new = when first loaded. i am using .net 3.5

thanks for your reply

kazim

[Plater]

What has changed since it first loaded? Just trying to clear out all the fields?
I have called InitializeComponent() with some luck

[kzmm]

It includes multiple tabs , grids , lots of controls. Is there any way to dispose the form and load it again from the same form.?

[r035198x]

It includes multiple tabs , grids , lots of controls. Is there any way to dispose the form and load it again from the same form.?

There is a Dispose method if that's what you are talking about.

[kzmm]

yes it there if i called dispose from the same form how i do load it again from the same form?

[r035198x]

yes it there if i called dispose from the same form how i do load it again from the same form?

You can't load that same form because you'll have disposed it. You can created and initialize another Form of the same class soon after calling the Dispose method.

[cloud255]

You can't load that same form because you'll have disposed it. You can created and initialize another Form of the same class soon after calling the Dispose method.

While looking into a solution to this question i tried this approach but i had many problems and as far as i can see this is due to C# creating pointers to the original objects even though i did specify new Form1()

I then tried to clone the original form, but i couldn't find a standard clone method for the Form class.

Did i miss something or do something wrong?

[Plater]

Well you know which form it is ahead of time?
Did you try the InitializeComponent() call I menentioned?