Hi, I think this may help you to get clarification, please see once. :) class student { int x; public: student() { x=0; } ~student() { cout<<"I am in student destructor\n"; } }; student* fun() { student *s = new student(); return s; } int main() { student *s = fun(); delete s; getchar(); return 0; }

You could copy the selected public properties (Text, LocationX, LocationY) to a separate class and just serialize that.  Your Load() method would then deserialize that class and return a new SubLabel with those properties set. /ravi My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

Someone has a lot of time on their hands. :laugh:

You have the right to disagree, I'm saying this is a case where I see goto have it's usefulness. Yes you can split into multiple function but sometimes there is 10+ parameters involved and creating subfunction doesn't make it clearer. I respect your opinion and your strict mode but don't get me wrong... all languages [more or less] have the goto keyword or an equivalent.

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