How do I add an existing form from another VB.NET project to my new VB.NET project? I have several forms that I want to reuse.

Question

How do I add an existing form from another VB.NET project to my new VB.NET project? I have several forms that I want to reuse. Do I just Select the Add Existing Item and select the desired Form.vb file in my existing VB.NET project?

Answer 1

Hi @Marc Menzel ,
First make sure that the name of the form does not conflict with the existing form, and then copy the vb, Desiner.vb, and resx files related to the form to the target directory.
Choose Show All Files, and you will see the form in Solution Explorer.

Include In Project and it will automatically recognized as a form.

Best Regards.
Jiachen Li

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Answer 2

Hi
Can be tricky, at least in my experience. You can right click on your project in Project Explorer and choose Add existing item, then navigate and choose the Form you want to add. Depending on what you have imported, you may have a lot of cleaning up to do. You will also need to consider renaming your own Form to prevent naming clash (trying to Add new Form1 to a project already with a Form1 will not work).