The term for this is "cloning" an object. There is no built in way of doing this in Delphi, and there are issues involved in any cloning operation; e.g. are you interested in a shallow clone (just the one object), or a deep clone (your one object, and all objects to which it refers)?
Probably a google newsgroup search on Delphi+cloning+objects might give you a few ideas on how to progress... Cheers, Conor -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] How can I make an exact copy of an object without creating it and going through setting the properties of the original? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/