Hi,
Few questions:

1.How can I change during run time the type casting I'm performing on an
object?

for example, something like this:

Type controllerType = Type.GetType("controllerTest");

return (controllerType)controller;

where controller is the type of the base class
and controllerType changes during runtime.
controllerTest is the class name of the class the inherits from the base
class.


2.How can I create a new form which is based on an existing form that I have
created?

for example:
I have a base form that have two buttons OK and Cancel.
I want to create a new form that inherits from that form, so that the new
form will have those two buttons from the start.



Thanks in advanced!!

Tomer.

You cannot change the object type by using typecasting. Runtime type is an
immutable object property. If your type implements IConvertible, it might be
converted to various types, but not cast. Casting is a logical operation.
E.g.
return (Control) new ComboBox();
This returns an instance of ComboBox even though it is cast to Control

--
Alex Feinman
---
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"Tomer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Few questions:
>
> 1.How can I change during run time the type casting I'm performing on an
> object?
>
> for example, something like this:
>
> Type controllerType = Type.GetType("controllerTest");
>
> return (controllerType)controller;
>
> where controller is the type of the base class
> and controllerType changes during runtime.
> controllerTest is the class name of the class the inherits from the base
> class.
>
>
> 2.How can I create a new form which is based on an existing form that I
> have
> created?
>
> for example:
> I have a base form that have two buttons OK and Cancel.
> I want to create a new form that inherits from that form, so that the new
> form will have those two buttons from the start.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advanced!!
>
> Tomer.
>
>

Hi Alex,

Thanks for the quick reply!

Have you any idea about the second issue?

Tomer.



"Alex Feinman [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> You cannot change the object type by using typecasting. Runtime type is an
> immutable object property. If your type implements IConvertible, it might
be
> converted to various types, but not cast. Casting is a logical operation.
> E.g.
> return (Control) new ComboBox();
> This returns an instance of ComboBox even though it is cast to Control
>
> --
> Alex Feinman
> ---
> Visit http://www.opennetcf.org
> "Tomer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> > Few questions:
> >
> > 1.How can I change during run time the type casting I'm performing on an
> > object?
> >
> > for example, something like this:
> >
> > Type controllerType = Type.GetType("controllerTest");
> >
> > return (controllerType)controller;
> >
> > where controller is the type of the base class
> > and controllerType changes during runtime.
> > controllerTest is the class name of the class the inherits from the base
> > class.
> >
> >
> > 2.How can I create a new form which is based on an existing form that I
> > have
> > created?
> >
> > for example:
> > I have a base form that have two buttons OK and Cancel.
> > I want to create a new form that inherits from that form, so that the
new
> > form will have those two buttons from the start.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advanced!!
> >
> > Tomer.
> >
> >
>
>

Aren't you answering your own question with the second issue? Use Form
inheritance; the designer part will not work but it does at runtime. This
(inc. workarounds) has been discussed many times before:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...d803b00bd8cdec

Cheers
Daniel
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http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/


"Tomer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi Alex,
>
> Thanks for the quick reply!
>
> Have you any idea about the second issue?
>
> Tomer.
>
>
>
> "Alex Feinman [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> You cannot change the object type by using typecasting. Runtime type is
>> an
>> immutable object property. If your type implements IConvertible, it might
> be
>> converted to various types, but not cast. Casting is a logical operation.
>> E.g.
>> return (Control) new ComboBox();
>> This returns an instance of ComboBox even though it is cast to Control
>>
>> --
>> Alex Feinman
>> ---
>> Visit http://www.opennetcf.org
>> "Tomer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hi,
>> > Few questions:
>> >
>> > 1.How can I change during run time the type casting I'm performing on
>> > an
>> > object?
>> >
>> > for example, something like this:
>> >
>> > Type controllerType = Type.GetType("controllerTest");
>> >
>> > return (controllerType)controller;
>> >
>> > where controller is the type of the base class
>> > and controllerType changes during runtime.
>> > controllerTest is the class name of the class the inherits from the
>> > base
>> > class.
>> >
>> >
>> > 2.How can I create a new form which is based on an existing form that I
>> > have
>> > created?
>> >
>> > for example:
>> > I have a base form that have two buttons OK and Cancel.
>> > I want to create a new form that inherits from that form, so that the
> new
>> > form will have those two buttons from the start.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks in advanced!!
>> >
>> > Tomer.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>