VB.Net 2005 Change control default properties 1

[Mootser13]

Stupid question:
How do I change the default properties for controls like a button ?
Every time I create a new form and add buttons I end up changing the Font size, and font type to something like size 11 and book antigua. I would like to set these properties as the default.
Or any other control properties.
I know there is a way to create my own controls and then inherit , but that doesn't seem to do what my in my mind should be easy.

 

[jebenson]

One easy solution - but not I expect what you are really after - is to place a control on the form and set the porperties as you desire. Then when you need another of that type of control, just copy the existing control and paste it as a new control. The new control will have all of the same properties as the copied control, expect for the name.

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[Mootser13]

Right now I am using some snippets to set the properties using code, but this is a little bit cumbersome to perform every single time.

 

[chrissie1]

This is what inheritance was invented for. Or so I think.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

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[Mootser13]

I think I have found a way that I can live with.
I'll just set the form font , size and properties to the how I want it and the buttons lables will inherit those properties from the form.

 

[SgtJarrow]

Hence Christiaan's inheritence comment. Have a star chrissie1

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[chrissie1]

Thank you.

But I think I was thinking of inheriting the controls and making new baby controls. Or perhaps I was thinking of something else.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

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[SgtJarrow]

Either way the same principal applies. If you use inheritance of the form properties or create a "master" button and inherit from it, inheritance is the key to a successful and easily maintainable application....That was what my star was for.

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CCNA, CCDA, MCSA, CNA, Net+, A+, CHDP
VB/Access Programmer