How to copy a form

[mrmagoo]

If I create a form and add add a bunch of controls and code, etc to it, I
can see that Visual Studio adds all of the requisite "creation" code behind
the form.

If I wanted to create a 2nd copy of the exact form, how would I go about
that? Could I just copy the code from the first form, including the
Windows-generated code, and paste it in the code-behind of the 2nd form? I
see that there is a warning not to modify the code-behind using the code
editor, but to instead use the Form Designer. Does that mean what I ask is a
bad idea?

If so, what's the easiest way to add a 2nd form with exactly the same
controls, events, etc?

Thanks.

[Chris]

mrmagoo wrote:

If I create a form and add add a bunch of controls and code, etc to it, I
can see that Visual Studio adds all of the requisite "creation" code behind
the form.

If I wanted to create a 2nd copy of the exact form, how would I go about
that? Could I just copy the code from the first form, including the
Windows-generated code, and paste it in the code-behind of the 2nd form? I
see that there is a warning not to modify the code-behind using the code
editor, but to instead use the Form Designer. Does that mean what I ask is a
bad idea?

If so, what's the easiest way to add a 2nd form with exactly the same
controls, events, etc?

Thanks.

No, your way will work fine. You could also just copy the .vb files for
it and add it to your new project. The warning is just, a warning, you
can make changes but if you do something incorrect the designer might
not work. Make sure to change the class name once you copy it.

Chris

[mrmagoo]

Thanks!

"Chris" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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mrmagoo wrote:

If I create a form and add add a bunch of controls and code, etc to it, I can see that Visual Studio adds all of the requisite "creation" code behind the form.

If I wanted to create a 2nd copy of the exact form, how would I go about
that? Could I just copy the code from the first form, including the
Windows-generated code, and paste it in the code-behind of the 2nd form? I see that there is a warning not to modify the code-behind using the code
editor, but to instead use the Form Designer. Does that mean what I ask is a bad idea?

If so, what's the easiest way to add a 2nd form with exactly the same
controls, events, etc?

Thanks.

No, your way will work fine. You could also just copy the .vb files for
it and add it to your new project. The warning is just, a warning, you
can make changes but if you do something incorrect the designer might
not work. Make sure to change the class name once you copy it.

Chris

[Dennis]

Everytime I try your approach, I seem to screw up the designer code somehow.
I have reverted to creating a new form then copying all the controls to it.
--
Dennis in Houston
"mrmagoo" wrote:

Thanks!

"Chris" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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mrmagoo wrote:

If I create a form and add add a bunch of controls and code, etc to it, I can see that Visual Studio adds all of the requisite "creation" code behind the form.

If I wanted to create a 2nd copy of the exact form, how would I go about
that? Could I just copy the code from the first form, including the
Windows-generated code, and paste it in the code-behind of the 2nd form? I see that there is a warning not to modify the code-behind using the code
editor, but to instead use the Form Designer. Does that mean what I ask is a bad idea?

If so, what's the easiest way to add a 2nd form with exactly the same
controls, events, etc?

Thanks.

No, your way will work fine. You could also just copy the .vb files for
it and add it to your new project. The warning is just, a warning, you
can make changes but if you do something incorrect the designer might
not work. Make sure to change the class name once you copy it.

Chris

[Simon Verona]

I just do it by copying and pasting the form, in the solutions explorer in
the designer. You just need to change the class name and the form name in
the initialisation code (it will come up as a compiler error so it's easy to
find).

HTH
Simon

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"Dennis" <De****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Everytime I try your approach, I seem to screw up the designer code
somehow.
I have reverted to creating a new form then copying all the controls to
it.
--
Dennis in Houston
"mrmagoo" wrote:

Thanks!

"Chris" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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> mrmagoo wrote:
> > If I create a form and add add a bunch of controls and code, etc to
> > it,

I

> > can see that Visual Studio adds all of the requisite "creation" code

behind

> > the form.
> >
> > If I wanted to create a 2nd copy of the exact form, how would I go
> > about
> > that? Could I just copy the code from the first form, including the
> > Windows-generated code, and paste it in the code-behind of the 2nd
> > form?

I

> > see that there is a warning not to modify the code-behind using the
> > code
> > editor, but to instead use the Form Designer. Does that mean what I
> > ask

is a

> > bad idea?
> >
> > If so, what's the easiest way to add a 2nd form with exactly the same
> > controls, events, etc?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
>
> No, your way will work fine. You could also just copy the .vb files
> for
> it and add it to your new project. The warning is just, a warning, you
> can make changes but if you do something incorrect the designer might
> not work. Make sure to change the class name once you copy it.
>
> Chris