Copy a form

Question

I got two child forms and I want to copy the buttons I make in one of the forms into the other form. When I try this the buttons just moves from one form to another. HELP!

rgavii_Gvozd · Answer

I belive your problem is that when you are moving the buttons you are doing so such as Button movedButton = oldButton; Since C# (and Java ....) are reference based languages you are mearly creating a reference to those objects so when you ComponentColectionName.Controls.add(movedButton); you are actully saying Take that button and attach it here except that button is STILL the oldButton. You actully need to create a copy of the old Button object and then it is safe to say movedButton = CopyOfoldButton;

s_bollerud · Answer

The thing is that I'm supposed to add the buttons during run-time. The buttons will be added to a panel in a form in one tabpage and when I switch over to the other tabpage a similar form should appear. So I don't understand how I'm suppose to have a base class that has those buttons since they're created during run-time.

sacresp · Answer

Why are you doing two similar forms...? consider having a common base class that has those buttons. ;) (That's called 'visual inheritance')

kovan · Answer

select ur buttons and press ctrl+c then go to form 2 and ctrl+v that should copy them and not cut them