>>>>>Is there a way to copy a form and all of its contents?
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>>>>>I have an application where I need to present basically the same form on the screen, but using different tables (viewing history as opposed to viewing current data).
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>>>>>Thanks in advance. - CH
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>>>>It's appropriate situation to save and use this form as a class. Surely, you can get simple solution too by copying/renaming scx/sct files.
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>>>Edward: Thanks for the advice. I found a real easy way to copy/rename is to pull up the form and use File > Save As... Re: Classes, I'm beginning to understand a little more about classes, but still haven't arrived at a good practical usage understanding. I understand that a class is a template or blueprint that defines the characteristics of an object and describes how the object should look and behave. I tried saving my Form as a class (I named it 'Browse', since that's how I was using it mainly - to look at records in a grid), but then I couldn't figure out how to get that class to another form as simply as just opening the form and using File > Save As ...
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>>>I really appreciate all the help I get on UT, and I'm trying to put in tid-bits of help where I can, esp. in the Windows NT/95 forum, which is my forte and what I am certified in. Thanks Again, CH.
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>>When you have form class, you instanciate form objects from this class using CREATEOBJECT(). The obvious advantage of a class (and subclassing) is that you can create multiple instances which will inherit common things and acquire distinctions.
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>I still don't understand why I would want to do a bunch of coding using CREATEOBJECT() to sort of manually build a form, when I can do it visually in the form designer. Maybe you can expound just a little bit more to show me where I'm misunderstanding this.

CREATEOBJECT() doesn't build form manually. It just looks at class definition and creates (in run-time) instance of this class- object which will inherit all PEMs. Class itself will be created visually using Class Designer.