I'll try to make myself more clear:
I want to be able to duplicate the properties and sub objects
of an instance. For example if I have an instance of a
form object with all the properties set up I would like to
duplicate the instance and all the properties and sub objects.

This does not make a whole lot of sense for forms so I'll show
you what I want to use it for: I have a class called list which
can store a list of values. It actually keeps track of a
selection in a grid, simulating multiselect. I use three instances
of the list: Selected, Copy, and Cut. When I copy the
current selection, I would like to just copy copy all the properties
from the Selected instance to the Copy instance.

This would be useful in other areas as well.

Peter Stephens.