Showing posts with label Form1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Form1. Show all posts

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Renaming "Form1"

Visual Studio should really allow you to change the name of the startup form on creation of a new project, or at least have a more descriptive name, such as (ProjectName)Main. However, they don't do this, and you're stuck with the entirely bland and nondescript Form1.

There is a way around this though: it's still much easier to do this right after you create the project rather than a long time down the road, but here it is:

-Rename the filename of the main form (Form1.cs, Form1.h, etc).
-Press Ctrl+H (brings up Quick Replace menu)
-Change "Look in" to "Entire Solution" (not just that file)
-Find "Form1", replace with the new name you've chosen.