How to easily duplicate a Windows Form in Visual Studio?

Question

How can I easily duplicate a C#/VB Form in Visual Studio? If I copy & paste in the Solution Explorer, it uses the same class internally and gets messed up. How do you do it?

Answer 1

I have been using another way of copying forms since vb6.

1. File Menu / SE - Save CurrentForm.cs as - NewForm.cs
2. Change its Name to NewForm in Properties window.
3. In Solution Explorer - Add Existing Item - CurrentForm.cs
4. Usually in MDI form (where CurrentForm is referred) - CurrentFormToolStripMenuItem_Click event - change reference back to CurrentForm (which is automatically changed to NewForm in step 1).

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