Accessing objects from other forms

[MrChopper]

Hi,

I'm working in a child form of my parent form, FormMain. In the main form, I have a button with a caption (or 'text' as I Guess it's called now). In the child form, I want to click on a button, and change the text of the button in the parent form. This is how I'm trying to do it, from the child form:

dim formmain as new formmain()
formmain.button1.text = "some text"

I guess the syntax is correct, but it's not working. Any help is appreciated.

 

[chiph]

Forms are objects under .net. And if you want to access another form's contents (or any other object!) you need a reference to it. Meaning, you need a variable which points to the correct instance of the form.

So, when creating the child form (or shortly thereafter), pass a reference to your main form to it, via a parameter to the constructor, or via a property.

Chip H.


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[ThatRickGuy]

Check the FAQ sections, there are a few FAQs on passing data and references between forms.

-Rick

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