VS 2022 Copy and Paste form feature Broken?

Phill 61

Hi All,

When I copy and paste a form between folders in visual studio 2022, the class names in BOTH forms are updated when I rename the pasted form. I am not given the option to manually update the class name.

Is this a bug in VS 2022?

To fix the issue, I have to go back to my original form and the designer class and change the class name back to it's original name.

This seems like extremely basic functionality to be getting wrong in a program like VS2022. I just upgraded from VS 2013 and did not have this problem in the past. What am I missing, is this something I am doing wrong?

Jiachen Li-MSFT 31,166 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-05-19T02:13:32.047+00:00

Hi @Phill ,
I tried copying and pasting the Form file in the project directory and copying and pasting the Form in the Solution Explorer, but I didn't encounter the problem you described.
Could you please provide more information about your specific steps.
Phill 61 Reputation points

2022-05-19T03:18:58.687+00:00
Hi JiachenLiMFST-9349,

Here are the steps to recreate.

Create a New Windows Forms (.Net Framework) Project (I used .NET 4.8 as the target)

Create a new folder inside the project (the name is irrelevant)

Use CTRL+C to copy Form1.

Click on the new folder and then CTRL+V to paste.

You now have 2 forms named Form1. If you try run the project, it will crash because you can't have 2 classes named the same.

Click into the name of Form1 that was pasted into the folder and rename it to Form2

If you try to run the project it still crashes because there are now 2 classes named Form2. ???

Open up Form1 and Form2, note the class names for both Form1 & Form2 show "Form2"

To fix this, do the following:

Open Form1 and change the class name to Form1. Note this step alone does not fix the problem.

Open the designer code for Form1 and note it shows Partial Class Form2. Change the Partial Class to Form1.

Issue will be resolved.
Phill 61 Reputation points

2022-05-19T13:09:48.653+00:00

The message box does not show up when I rename the Form (see gif). I am currently using Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 (64-bit) - Current
Version 17.2.0

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Jiachen Li-MSFT 31,166 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-05-19T05:38:44.797+00:00

Hi @Phill ,

Did you notice this prompt when renaming?
If you choose Yes, it will modify Form1 to Form2 in your entire project, no matter which form they are in.
Select No if you do not wish to do so. This way it will only modify the filename.
Best Regards.
Jiachen Li

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Phill 61 Reputation points

2022-05-19T15:04:10.103+00:00

See post above. The message box does not pop up when I rename the file. It did in earlier versions of Visual Studio but not since I installed 2022

Thanks

Jiachen Li-MSFT 31,166 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-05-20T02:00:40.92+00:00

Hi @Phill ,
Please check your VS options， check the two options below.

Jiachen Li-MSFT 31,166 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-05-23T05:35:55.347+00:00

Hi @Phill ,
Glad to see your question resolved.
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arun kumar 0 Reputation points

2024-10-02T02:26:11.8766667+00:00

windos error
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