The line with the New statement was correct.
All i'm saying is that the following line where you set one reference equal
to the other, does not clone.
Keep at it. It'll make sense soon :-)
-Rob Teixeira [MVP]
"meh" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thx Rob
> I guess I was thinking in terms of child forms in a MDI app. i.e.
> Dim child1 As New frmChild()
>
> Which (i think) is a copy of all the forms objects........
>
> I was trying to do a similar thing with the TabPage in that as I needed a
> new TabPage I wanted to get a duplicate if the boilerplate tabpage.
>
> I'm sorry if these questions are too elementary but I keep thinking I'm on
> verge of getting this....:-)
>
> Can someome point me in the right direction...
>
> tia
>
> meh
>
> "Rob Teixeira [MVP]" <RobTeixeira@@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:uSi%2314X%(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > Object variables are just handles/refrences to the actual object ( a
blob
> of
> > memory representing the object's data ).
> > When you assign one reference to another, you don't clone the object,
you
> > get two references that point at the same object.
> >
> > -Rob Teixeira [MVP]
> >
> > "meh" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:e$t8wIX%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > ya know I thought that if I added a new Tabpage and then assigned it
to
> an
> > > existing tabpage that I would get a clone of the Tabpage......i.e.
> > > Dim tp As New TabPage()
> > >
> > > tp = TabPage1
> > >
> > > Me.TabControl.TabPages.Add(tp)
> > >
> > > But this is not giving me the results I expected. Is the TabPage not
an
> > > object in and of itself????
> > >
> > >
> > > ne thoughts
> > >
> > > tia
> > > meh
> > >
> > >
> > >
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