Form Templates

[Ivan Weiss]

Hey all, I am re-using some common code and properties for all of my
forms and wanted to know if I can make a Form template and have all of
my other forms derived off of that template?

I attempted to make a form and change the Inherits line to read:

Inherits myTemplateForm

However, then the form designer does not work because I removed
System.Windows.Forms.Form.
I cannot add this because you can only have one inherits line.

Anyone know how to do this since I really doubt that everytime you
create a form in a major app you have to reset basic properties.

-Ivan

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[Cor]

Hi Ivan,

You can use the add new methode with: "files or the rightclick in the
solution explorer on your project", to get a form and in that it let you
choose the form you want to inherrit from.

I hope this helps?
Cor

[One Handed Man [ OHM# ]]

My god Cor, do you never rest ?

;-)

Regards - OHM#

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Cor wrote:

Hi Ivan,

You can use the add new methode with: "files or the rightclick in the
solution explorer on your project", to get a form and in that it let
you choose the form you want to inherrit from.

I hope this helps?
Cor

Regards - OHM# On**********@BTInternet.com

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* Ivan Weiss <iv*****@optonline.net> scripsit:

Hey all, I am re-using some common code and properties for all of my
forms and wanted to know if I can make a Form template and have all of
my other forms derived off of that template?

I attempted to make a form and change the Inherits line to read:

Inherits myTemplateForm

However, then the form designer does not work because I removed
System.Windows.Forms.Form.
I cannot add this because you can only have one inherits line.

Works for me perfectly. Which error message do you get?

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Ivan Weiss]

Thanks, I actually just finished reading that in a reference book I
bought, finally, today before I read those e-mails so already have it
working.

Thanks for the help!

-Ivan

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