copying and pasting a form

[sparkash]

is there a quick way of copying and pasting a whole form (including code within the form load) to another form, without needing to select every element of that form.

Thanks for any assistance.

[kleinma]

Originally posted by sparkash
is there a quick way of copying and pasting a whole form (including code within the form load) to another form, without needing to select every element of that form.

Thanks for any assistance.

u mean at design time right?? well not really.. but you can drag and select all items in a form at once and copy them to a blank form... and then just select all the code at once and copy that over 2.. it should be able to be done in 2 copy/paste operations. 1 for the form design and one for the code

[MartinLiss]

Copy the form (in your Window environment, not the IDE), rename the copy to the new form name, edit the new form in a simple text editor like NotePad changing any reference of the old name to the new name and, finally, add the new form to your project.

[John McKernan]

From within the IDE:
1. Make sure the form has been saved
2. Change the .Name Property of the form to be copied to the new name.
3. In the "Project Explorer" right-click on the form to be copied and choose 'Save As..." saving it under a new name.
4. Add the original form back into the project.

[Joacim Andersson]

Download MZ-Tools a great free add-in for VB that allows you to copy controls with source code. It also has a bunch of other nice features.

[MartinLiss]

Wow! Thanks!!

[sparkash]

Thanks guys.

Merry xmas