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How to copy all properties to a new control

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I need to change the default datetime dropdown boxes for the time selection to comboboxes so that the user can actually type in the hour/minute instead of just selecting it from a dropdown.  I can add new comboboxes into the datacard for the datetime but there are a lot of properties in the dropdown controls that I need to copy into the new comboboxes so they match the appearance and functions of the original dropdown controls.

So the question becomes, is there any easy way to copy over all of the properties from the dropdown to the combox?

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    timl Profile Picture
    37,248 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @MRFowler 

    There's no way to do this, particularly as you want to copy properties from 2 different types of control.

    On a slightly related note, a technique that some app users adopt is to add a hidden screen and to add a template ComboBox with the desired appearance. All other ComboBoxes would then reference the properties of this template control. eg..

    cboStartHour.Color = cboTempate.Color

    If at any point in the future you want to make a change that affects all ComboBoxes, you can simply do this in one place.

  • DCHammer Profile Picture
    716 Moderator on at
    Hi TimL, you're likely never going to see this because when I type an "@", which I had to insert here manually as an icon because as soon as you hit it on your keyboard, it thinks you want a username, even if you put it in quotes like I tried, your name doesn't come up.
    Everything else that starts with timl appears but you don't. 
     
    At any rate, thank you so very much for this hidden screen idea. I can't believe I hadn't stumbled across this brilliant idea earlier.

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