Passing ComboBox datasource in method

[wallaceoc80]

Hi everyone,

It's been a long while since I did vb.net and I can't remember how to do something very simple!!!

I have a ComboBox on form1 and another one on Form2. What I want to do is when the user clicks on a button that loads form2 I want to pass the DataSource from the ComboBox on form1 to the one on form2.

I assume this is possible but have a few questions:
1) Do I pass the paramater ByVal or ByRef?
2) Do I have the paramater on form2 as a type Object?
3) Is something like this enough?

Form1

Private Sub btnManage_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnManage.Click
        Me.frmManageReports = New frmReportManage
        Me.frmManageReports.setupFromReport(Me.cmbReport.DataSource)
        Me.frmManageReports.Visible = True
End Sub

Form2

Public Sub setupFromReport(ByVal data As Object)
        Me.cmbFromReport.DataSource = data
        Me.cmbFromReport.Enabled = True
End Sub

Thanks for the help in advance.

Wallace

 

[techsmith]

		Dim frm As New frmReportManage
		frm.cmbFromReport.DataSource = Me.cmbReport.DataSource
		frm.cmbFromReport.DisplayMember = Me.cmbReport.DisplayMember
		frm.cmbFromReport.ValueMember = Me.cmbReport.ValueMember
		frm.Show()

or you could pass the cmbReport.properties byval into a public method on the new form. DataSource is an Object, the other two are String values.