>>>>>>>>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 ?
>>>>
>>>>>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...
>>>
>>>I didn't say it was hard. It just struck me as a little manual.
>>
>>Just a question of typing ':MyBaseForm' :-}
>>>
>>>It's not something I am going to get worked up over. Not only is the power back on after being out most of the past four days -- always fun in mid July -- I found a job. What a relief. VFP, SQL Server, C#.NET. Beautiful.
>>
>>Why no power ? Was it a widespread outage (horrible american word :-} )
>>Congratulations on the job (No WPF though :-{) Will it entail much travelling (or even relocation) ?
>>
>>One of the companies I work for is currently beginning the process of looking for an additional developer working primarily with WPF - it will be interesting to see the type of applicant we get......
>
>I was out of town when it happened so didn't experience it directly. In fact I was almost all the way back home before I knew anything happened. 75 mph winds swept through Chicago at around 8 Monday morning, The electric company said 865,000 customers were without power, a record. The physical damage was not that great, just lost power and a lot of dead trees. Everywhere around here downed trees and branches are stacked by the side of the road. No loss of life, so we were a lot luckier than the the tornado and earthquake zones. Nobody died. It was actually somewhat interesting living unelectronically for a few days. When the sun went down that was it, that was the end of the day. No wonder everyone had 10 kids back then.
>
>Will give you details about the job privately. After the past several months I am a little paranoid.

Eavesdropping here :-)

Congrats Mike hope the new job works out ok.

Last time we had a power cut I thought no problem I'll get the camping gear out and cook on that . then found it was in the garage which had a power door. But I did then find that using a trivet and a bunch of tea lights you can boil a pan of water for tea or to cook. You get a surprising amount of heat with 10 or 12 tea lights.