Copying form objects with subclass info

In Forms 6i, is there any way to copy form objects (blocks, items, canvases, etc.) from one form to another with original subcalss information.
When tried copying, it copies all form objects but subclass information is lost. If we try to do referencing, then it changes subclass references to the source form (i.e., references to original template object library are lost).
Regards,
Sanjiv

I'm sorry, but i don't have any forms 6i-installation and its a long time since i last user it. So i don't know if its possible or not.
There is one way to make it faster than using the property-palette. You can make an object in your object-library as "Smartclass". Then you can apply the object-class using the right mouse in the layout editor and simply apply that smartclass frm the context menu.

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juwen

Hello Juwen,
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