Chapter 1. Creating Object and Project Templates

If you or your development team creates numerous projects, you can save considerable development time and promote application consistency by creating and using object and project templates. Consultants, for instance, often create many different applications for many different clients. When consultants reduce their work through code and object reuse, they enjoy higher profits and shorter development cycles.

If you develop numerous applications, chances are good that you create components that are often quite similar, if not identical, from project to project. You might use a common splash screen or a common About box and copyright form. Or, you might have a common switchboard form or a custom browse-for-file ...

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