>>>>>>>>>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.

Reminds me of the Welsh comedian (whose name I can't remember) being cracked up at the thought of buying a 'million candle power' flashlight. Envisions going down the cellar with a candelabra and shouting back to ask his wife to bring down another couple of thousand candles because he couldn't see well enough ....