One way to handle it is to create a method in your client class, kind of like a combination of what both Naomi and Pete mentioned. You could call the method .Clone() (there is no built in .Clone() method for a class). Have your .Clone() method create a new instance of your client class, set all the properties of the new instance to the properties of itself, then return the new instance.

~~Bonnie


>I have an instance of a client object whose values/properties I'm going to change and use to update a record in a database. But I want to save the original values/properties before I make any changes for reference later as the "original" object.
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>dim origClient as new client
>origClient = client
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>Then I make changes to client object.
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>But as I'm making changes to the client object they are showing up in the origClient object as well, defeating its "save" purpose.
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>How do I do this correctly? Thanks.