Copying an existing control...

[BenFinkel]

Hey everyone,

I know this is a common question, and I apologize, but I searched the forum and couldn't find an appropriate response.

I've already got one listview on my form, and depending on the situation, when this form opens it may have any number of additional listviews. I'd like to dynamically load them and have all the same properties as the listview that is already on the form.

I tried:

Dim lvTemp as New lvGE
'lvGE is the Listview control that is already on, and always on my form

With no success. What am I missing?

Thanks!

--Ben

[RichardAtherton]

You have to add it to the controls collection of the form

don't have code to hand, but the form is the parent control and search for words like parent control add and something should come up to give you the answer

[BenFinkel]

Sorry for not being more specific.

I am adding it to the controls collection, but it's the DIM line that's erroring out. Won't compile it.

--Ben

[dynamic_sysop]

Dim lvTemp as ListView = DirectCast(lvGE , ListView)

[Edneeis]

Originally posted by dynamic_sysop

Dim lvTemp as ListView = DirectCast(lvGE , ListView)

Actually this will make a second reference to the same listview not copy/duplicate one. There is no simple method to copy a control. You can either recreate it (run the code that the IDE generates that creates it), or in some cases you can serialize it to copy it. However I don't think the ListView control is serializable.