My program class has:
Application.Run(new Form1());
in form1 class I have:
model = new Model(this);
modelarray myArray = new modelarray(this);
model = myArray.models[0];
myArray.models[1] = (Model) model.Clone();
private void btn13_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
model.btn13Clicked();
}
private void btnGetBackClone_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
model = myArray.models[1];
//here I'm expecting to get the original object back (ie. with btns[7,7].Visible = True) but it doesn't work!!
}
in model class I have:
private Button[,] btns;
public Model(Form1 form1)
{
btns = new Button[10,10];
myform = form1;
btns[8, 6] = form1.btn1;
btns[9, 5] = form1.btn2;
btns[7, 7] = form1.btn13;
}
public void btn13Clicked()
{
btns[7, 7].Visible = False;
}
public object Clone()
{
return this.MemberwiseClone();
}
in modelarray class I have:
public Model[] models = new Model[19];
public modelarray(Form1 form1)
{
models[0] = new Model(form1);
}
Note my comment under the btnGetBackClone_Click method. "//here I'm expecting to get the original object back (ie. with btns[7,7].Visible = True) but it doesn't work!!"
I understand that this is because models[0] and models[1] are pointing to the same memory location (ie copy by ref). But I am really lost at how to implement a solution in this situation. Searches on 'deep copy' did not seem to help as serializing a form didn't work. Can someone please correct my cloning error?
I know I could simply redo "btns[7, 7].Visible = True;" but I would like to know a cloning solution so it will copy all future fields I decide to put in my model.
I've had a search on codeproject.etc but there doesn't seem to be any straightforward intro to winforms.
