> Something like Object1 := Object2; doesn't work, because it only lets
> Object1 point to the data of Object2. If I would free Object2, Object1
> would be freed too.

> Anyone knows a solution?

> Thanx in advance,
> Ritchie

>Call Assign to copy the properties or other attributes of one object from
>another. The standard form of a call to Assign is

>Destination.Assign(Source);

>which tells the Destination object to copy the contents of the Source object
>to itself.

>Most objects override Assign to handle the assignment of properties from
>similar objects. When overriding Assign, call the inherited method if the
>destination object can't handle the assignment of properties from the class
>of the Source parameter.

>If no overridden Assign method can handle the assignment of properties from
>Source, the method implemented in TPersistent calls the source object's
>AssignTo method. This allows the source object to handle the assignment. If
>the Source object is nil, TPersistent.Assign raises an EConvertError
>exception.

>Regards,
>  Erwin

>"Ritchie" <osi...@casema.net> wrote in message
>news:38a571ef.13423705@news.casema.net...
>> I would like to copy an object to another object of the same type.

>> Something like Object1 := Object2; doesn't work, because it only lets
>> Object1 point to the data of Object2. If I would free Object2, Object1
>> would be freed too.

>> Anyone knows a solution?

>> Thanx in advance,
>> Ritchie