Using a Form developed for a one Project into another Project.

[DenPit5]

I have a form in a previous project which I developed which I would like to incorporate in another project I am working on.  Is it possible to load this into the new project ?   If so can anyone explain how to load it.?

[furious programming]

Open your current project, then open the Project Inspector window, click the Add button and click the Add Files from File System menu item. Then, in the open dialog, select the form's .pp file. Recompile the project. That's all.

To use this form, add the unit name to the uses section of the given unit.

[lucamar]

Do note that following "furious programming" instructions to the letter means that any change to the form in the second project will be reflected in the original one. If you don't want that to happen simply copy the .lfm and .pas from the original folder to the second and add these later to the second project.

[furious programming]

Do note that following "furious programming" instructions to the letter means that any change to the form in the second project will be reflected in the original one.

I think it's logical and that the questioner knows about it.

[DenPit5]

Many thanks Furious & Lucamar for your replies. I carried out your instructions and got the Form & Unit into the other project but unfortunately when I tried  to compile the result it through out an error ' Duplicated Form'. Compile again using -vd for more details.  I am not sure how to do this so I remain stymied ???

[lucamar]

Do the forms have the same name? I mean, if the normal form is:

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1. TForm1 = class(TForm)
2.   {..etc...}

and the form from the other project is identicaly declared then you'll have to change the name of one of them.

You can do that either of two ways:

• In the object inspector, select the form and change the property "Name"
• Edit both the .lfm and the .pas of the form and change the name there. You'll probably have to edit also the projectX.lpr if the form is auto-created

ETA: Although I guess that would give problems much earlier that when compiling ...