Question

Using Visual C# 2008 express edition, I am trying to create a button on my form to set the form back to default properties, such as size, backcolor, etc… anybody have any examples on how I would do this?

Answer 1

By far the simplest way is to just create a new instance of the form and close the old one. That requires a little bit of surgery if this is the main form of your app, closing it would terminate the program. Start by opening Program.cs and edit it so it looks like this:

static class Program {
    [STAThread]
    static void Main() {
        Application.EnableVisualStyles();
        Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
        AppContext = new ApplicationContext();
        AppContext.MainForm = new Form1();
        Application.Run(AppContext);
    }
    public static ApplicationContext AppContext;
}

The ApplicationContext variable now controls the lifetime of the app, instead of the Form1 instance. You can recreate the form with code like this in Form1:

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
        Form1 frm = new Form1();
        frm.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.Manual;
        frm.Location = this.Location;
        frm.Size = this.Size;
        Program.AppContext.MainForm = frm;
        frm.Show();
        this.Close();
    }