Clone

[Guest]

I would like to clone a windows form, give it a new name. How can I do this???

 

[Dave Sexton]

Hi Norm,

You have two options and either can be shallow (references are copied) or deep
(data is copied):

public class MyForm : Form
{

1. Method

/// <summary>Creates a shallow copy of the instance.</summary>
public MyForm Copy()
{
return (MyForm) MemberwiseClone();
}

(You can implement ICloneable instead of using a custom method like Copy,
however I prefer the Copy method)

2. Constructor (preferred for deep copy, IMO, but can do both)

/// <summary>Constructs a new deep copy.</summary>
public MyForm(MyForm sourceToCopy)
{
if (sourceToCopy == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("sourceToCopy");

this.Font = (Font) sourceToCopy.Font.Clone();
this.BackColor = sourceToCopy.BackColor;
...
}
}