C# Windows Forms subclass of generic parameter Form

To create a subclass of a generic parameter Form in C# Windows Forms, you can use the following approach:

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using System.Windows.Forms;



public class MyForm<T> : Form where T : Form, new()

{

    public MyForm()

    {

        // Perform any additional initialization

    }



    public void OpenForm()

    {

        // Create an instance of the generic parameter form

        T form = new T();

        form.ShowDialog();

    }

}

In the above code, the MyForm<T> class is a generic class that inherits from the Form class. The generic type parameter T represents a specific type of form that you want to use. The where T : Form, new() constraint ensures that the generic type argument must be a subclass of Form and have a public parameterless constructor.

The MyForm class provides a method OpenForm() that creates an instance of the generic parameter form (T) and displays it using the ShowDialog() method.

To use the MyForm<T> class, you can provide the desired form type as the generic type argument:

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public partial class MainForm : MyForm<ChildForm>

{

    public MainForm()

    {

        InitializeComponent();

    }



    private void Button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

        OpenForm();

    }

}

In the above example, MainForm is a subclass of MyForm<ChildForm>, where ChildForm is a specific form type you want to use. When the button is clicked in the MainForm, it will open an instance of ChildForm.

By using this approach, you can create a subclass of a generic parameter Form in Windows Forms and dynamically open different types of forms based on the generic argument.