copying form

[mcatest]

I have a form in VB2008 with 3 panels, each containing panels. How can I copy the formatting to create similar forms to it?

[danasegarane]

You can either select all the control using Ctl+A and Paste in another form or Copy the initialize component and paste it another form

[mcatest]

Thanks. Where do I find the initialize component? Please spell out. Thank you.

[danasegarane]

Open the

FormName.Designer.vb

and there you will see

 Private Sub InitializeComponent()

Copy paste in the same location in the destination form

[kareninstructor]

This might not be the path you want but if you are reusing stuff consider creating a template of the form. The wizard for this in the IDE is under file menu, export template, follow the steps.