Visual Inheritance in WinForms

[Patrick Corkum]

If I have a form, say FORM_FOO, and a form that it inherits from, say
FORM_BAR and on FORM_BAR, I have a button, say BTN_RETURN. Now, how do
I make FORM_FOO actually do true inheritance when I change BTN_RETURN
on FORM_BAR? In order to actually do that, I have to open every form
that inherits from FORM_BAR and remove the code manually from
InitializeCompo nents(). <Never mind the fact that it needs to be
checked in and out of source safe>. There MUST be a way to make it
actually work correctly.

Please help!
Thanks in advance,
~Patrick Corkum

[Charles Law]

Re: Visual Inheritance in WinForms

Hi Patrick

How are you changing the BTN_RETURN, and what exactly is the code that you
have to remove from the InitializeCompo nent() method?

Charles


"Patrick Corkum" <waitforu@yahoo .com> wrote in message
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> If I have a form, say FORM_FOO, and a form that it inherits from, say
> FORM_BAR and on FORM_BAR, I have a button, say BTN_RETURN. Now, how do
> I make FORM_FOO actually do true inheritance when I change BTN_RETURN
> on FORM_BAR? In order to actually do that, I have to open every form
> that inherits from FORM_BAR and remove the code manually from
> InitializeCompo nents(). <Never mind the fact that it needs to be
> checked in and out of source safe>. There MUST be a way to make it
> actually work correctly.
>
> Please help!
> Thanks in advance,
> ~Patrick Corkum[/color]

[Patrick Corkum]

Re: Visual Inheritance in WinForms

Visual Studio 2003 is much better than 2002 in this
regards. 2002 put EVERYTHING in the InitializeCompo nent()
and any images in the .resx. However, since converting to
2003, I only have 2 lines of code:

this.BTN_RETURN .Name = "BTN_RETURN ";
this.Controls.S etChildIndex(th is.BTN_RETURN, 0);

Thanks,
~Patrick Corkum
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>Hi Patrick
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>How are you changing the BTN_RETURN, and what exactly is[/color]
the code that you[color=blue]
>have to remove from the InitializeCompo nent() method?
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>Charles
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>"Patrick Corkum" <waitforu@yahoo .com> wrote in message
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>> If I have a form, say FORM_FOO, and a form that it[/color][/color]
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>> FORM_BAR and on FORM_BAR, I have a button, say[/color][/color]
BTN_RETURN. Now, how do[color=blue][color=green]
>> I make FORM_FOO actually do true inheritance when I[/color][/color]
change BTN_RETURN[color=blue][color=green]
>> on FORM_BAR? In order to actually do that, I have to[/color][/color]
open every form[color=blue][color=green]
>> that inherits from FORM_BAR and remove the code[/color][/color]
manually from[color=blue][color=green]
>> InitializeCompo nents(). <Never mind the fact that it[/color][/color]
needs to be[color=blue][color=green]
>> checked in and out of source safe>. There MUST be a way[/color][/color]
to make it[color=blue][color=green]
>> actually work correctly.
>>
>> Please help!
>> Thanks in advance,
>> ~Patrick Corkum[/color]
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