Save As Class Dialog Box

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Lets you save a form, or selected controls on a form, as a class definition. Create a class if you intend to create subclasses based on the form or reuse the controls for other forms.

This dialog box appears when you select Save As Class from the File menu.

Dialog Box Options

Save

Specifies the part of the form to save as a class definition.

• Selected Controls   Saves only the selected controls as a class definition.
  
  
• Current Form   Saves the active form as a class definition.
  
  
• Entire Form Set   Saves a collection of related forms as a class definition. This command is enabled after you use the Create FormSet command on the Form menu.

As Class

Specifies the class definition to which to save the selected controls, entire form, or form set.

• Name   Specifies the name assigned to the class.
  
  
• File   Specifies the name of the .vcx file in which to store the class definition.
  
  
• Description   Specifies the optional description for the class.

For more information, see "Saving Forms and Controls as Classes" in Chapter 9, Creating Forms in the Programmer's Guide.