Hi,

I have not done it myself but i was told it can be done trough the Authoring assemblies.

Below is sample code that might direct you in the correct direction.

using (AuthoringType instance = this.GetAuthoringInstanceFromDefinition(def))

using (var cloningcontext = new SourceCode.Framework.CloningContext())

using (AuthoringType clone = instance.CloneInContext<AuthoringType>(cloningcontext, Guid.NewGuid()))

{

       //do something with the clone.. Deploy or checkin of whatever.

}

private AuthoringType GetAuthoringInstanceFromDefinition(string xml)

{

    try

    {

        if (typeof(AuthoringType).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(SourceCode.Forms.Authoring.Form)))

            return SourceCode.Forms.Design.DefinitionUtility.LoadForm(_formsSessionData.SessionConnection, xml).TryConvert<AuthoringType>();

        if (typeof(AuthoringType).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(SourceCode.Forms.Authoring.View)))

            return SourceCode.Forms.Design.DefinitionUtility.LoadView(_formsSessionData.SessionConnection, xml).TryConvert<AuthoringType>();

    }

    catch

    {

        //swallow to allow direct load from Authoring API

    }

    if (typeof(AuthoringType).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(SourceCode.Forms.Authoring.IXmlSerializableObject)))

    {

        AuthoringType ret = Activator.CreateInstance<AuthoringType>();

        (ret as SourceCode.Forms.Authoring.IXmlSerializableObject).FromXml(xml);

        return ret;

    }

    throw new NotSupportedException();

}

Regards

Jurie