[DUG]: How do I copy the state of one object to another?

[Dave . Jollie]

Hi all   I want to copy the state (variables) of one instance object of a class, to another instance object of the same class. Eg. Class TDog, instance Dog1 and Dog2. I could do the following: Dog2.Colour := Dog1.Colour; Dog2.Breed := Dog1.Breed;    etc. But this seems a little silly. How do I do this in OO?   If knowing more would be helpful, here's what I'm doing:   I'm using ICS to connect to an smtp server and want to make multiple connections so that I can offload 4000 emails as quickly as possible, leaving the smtp server to send them out. (No I'm not a spammer, this is a report - email with pdf attachment).   I've just run a test and I can paste multiple ICS components on my form i.e. SmtpCli1, SmtpCli2, SmtpCli3, etc. And I can assign my email details into SmtpCli1 as my "holder' object. When I go to send, I see if SmptCli2 is in a ready state - if so, I copy all of the details from SmtpCli1 to SmtpCli2 and send via Cli2. Else, I try SmtpCli3, etc. Using this method, and keeping 5 sessions active, I found it sped up my job 5 fold - so seems worth it.   So this all works but it's very manual with lots of code. How do I do this with OO elegance?   Cheers Dave Jollie Developer, TOWER NZ IT (: 09 368 4259 Ê: 09 306 6801 *: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .: 46 Parnell Rd, Parnell, Auckland