>>>>>>>>In vfp, w can make visual classes in vfp including form classes. Anybody knows how to do form classes in visual way with .NET?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hi Luis,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>All you have to do is create a Form as you usually would. When you need to sub-class from that Form, the easiest thing to do is just create another form, and change the class in code.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>So when you add a new Form, the class gets generated like this:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>public partial class TestForm : Form
>>>>>>>{
>>>>>>>    public TestForm()
>>>>>>>    {
>>>>>>>        InitializeComponent();
>>>>>>>    }
>>>>>>>}
>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Replace the System Form with yours:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>public partial class TestForm : MyBaseForm
>>>>>>>{
>>>>>>>    public TestForm()
>>>>>>>    {
>>>>>>>        InitializeComponent();
>>>>>>>    }
>>>>>>>}
>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Also, take a look at my blog post for sub-classing other controls (such as TextBox, ComboBox, etc.):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>http://geek-goddess-bonnie.blogspot.com/2009/10/why-and-how-to-sub-class-base-classes.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>~~Bonnie
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Dear Geek Goddess,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>That's really the only way to do it? Clone and modify? I am not disputing what you say, was just expecting more inheritance than that.
>>>>>
>>>>>You don't get to do it like VFP. Apparently that was too easy. We can't have that.
>>>>
>>>>IIRC, in VFP, you first had to save the form as a class. In .NET it is already a class - all you have to do is tell another form that they inherit from it. What's so hard about that ?
>>>
>>>VFP = drag - drop.
>>
>>I've honestly forgotten. What did you drag and where did you drop it ?
>
>You had to ask for details. I'd have to open up VFP to remember how to do it, but visual inheritance was there. I think all you had to do was make a class library and just start dragging controls to it.

So we''ve both forgotten :-{
Maybe there are current VFPers reading the thread who will jump in........

>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>That's why there's XAML - to keep things from getting easier!
>>>>
>>>>Completely different paradigm. If you attempt to apply VFP (or even WinForms) principles to it then you are barking up the wrong tree...
>>>
>>>Yes. I enjoyed visual development.
>>
>>But the visuals were so limited :-}