question about copy/paste/cut in designer

[grace lee]

hi:
Now I have implemented the copy/paste/cut by calling the StandardCommands
in the windows designer, I have some additional problem: when i copy some
controls in the designer, then paste them and new Name would be made.
ex: I copy "textbox1" and "textbox2",and then paste them as "textbox3" and
"textbox4", how can i know which controls i copied or cut from? or
"textbox1" becomes "textbox3" or "textbox4"?
(because i have some special binding somethings which can be found by
original control name)

thanks a lot :-)


Grace

[G Himangi]

AFAIK, there is no way to determine the original name of the pasted control.

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Post by grace lee
Now I have implemented the copy/paste/cut by calling the StandardCommands
in the windows designer, I have some additional problem: when i copy some
controls in the designer, then paste them and new Name would be made.
ex: I copy "textbox1" and "textbox2",and then paste them as "textbox3" and
"textbox4", how can i know which controls i copied or cut from? or
"textbox1" becomes "textbox3" or "textbox4"?
(because i have some special binding somethings which can be found by
original control name)
thanks a lot :-)
Grace

[Timker .]

Actually, you can do a property comparison. The copied control will have
all the same values as the original except name.

ex:
create new button (name="Button1", Text="Button1)
create new button (name="Button2", Text="Button2)

select both, copy, paste
pasted button (name="Button3, Text="Button1")
pasted button (name="Button4, Text="Button2")

In this example you know that Button3 is a copy of Button1 because they
both have the same Text property. It is possible, obviously, for
multiple controls to have the same Text property values. You can
mitigate this risk by looking at more properties.



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