Hello,

is it possible to clone or duplicate an object (e.g. a TPanel)?

Thanks in advance & Greetings ... Peter
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Sorry for my weird english

Peter,


Am I missing something... How about Copy/Paste?

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Fernando Dias
[Team Elevate]

Fernando,

I didn't even dare to ask.
It must be something more complicated.

Uli

Hello Fernando,

> Am I missing something... How about Copy/Paste?

LOL, Uli is right: I mean how to clone or duplicate an object
*programmatically*.

something like this:

myNewPanel := myExistingPanel.Clone();

Greetings ... Peter

Peter


How about the same way you'd do it in Delphi

myNewPanel := TPanel.Create(self);
myNewPanel.Height := myExistingPanel.Height;
....
....

Roy Lambert [Team Elevate]

<<is it possible to clone or duplicate an object (e.g. a TPanel)>>

I use this technique a lot, but only in classes that I have defined myself. If I often find myself wanting to create a new instance based on an existing instance then I add a CopyFrom method. For example:

TMyClass = class
public
 procedure CopyFrom(const AClass: TMyClass);
end;

The code in CopyFrom simply copies across the elements that make sense in the context of a "copy from" action. Not sure if this is what you mean?

Mark