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Contents 1 Description 2 Prerequisites 3 Procedure 4 Error Handling 5 Examples 6 Next Steps 7 Tags

[edit] Description

This document describes how to use Copy and Paste.

[edit] Prerequisites

Understanding Copy and Paste
Understanding Forms
Editing a Form

[edit] Procedure

To copy an object to the clipboard:

1. Select the source object (class, field, form, function, or connection) you want to copy. 
   1. In the Solution Detail (Solution Explorer for a class), right-click on the object and select Copy. 
   2. The object is copied to the clipboard.

To paste an object from the clipboard:

1. On the clipboard, select the objects you want to paste.
   1. In the Solution Explorer, right-click on a class, TypeLib or WSDL and select Open Clipboard...
   2. In the Clipboard dialog, hold down the Ctrl key and use the mouse to click on the items you want to select
2. Locate the target object (class, TypeLib project, or WSDL project) in which you want to paste the source object.
   1. In the Solution Explorer, right-click on the target object and select Paste.
   2. The objects selected on the clipboard are pasted into the target object. 

Note The last object copied to the clipboard is selected by default. You do not need to open the clipboard if you are pasting the most recently copied object.

[edit] Error Handling

 

[edit] Examples

 

[edit] Next Steps

Embedding a Form within a Form Using Drag and Drop
DynamicForm
Binding a Control to an Object

[edit] Tags

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