Refreshing Parent window from child window

[Jeff]

I have a Form parent window with a list view on it.
When I click on an item I open another form to edit the details - this
is not and cannot be a dialog window.

When I close the child window I would like the parent window to
automatically refresh by calling a method RefreshData().

How can I achieve this.

Regards
Jeff

[Alberto Poblacion]

Re: Refreshing Parent window from child window

"Jeff" <jeff@[_nospam_].hardsoft.com.a uwrote in message
news:00ba87c3$0 $20320$c3e8da3@ news.astraweb.c om...

>I have a Form parent window with a list view on it.
When I click on an item I open another form to edit the details - this is
not and cannot be a dialog window.
>
When I close the child window I would like the parent window to
automatically refresh by calling a method RefreshData().
>
How can I achieve this.

In the parent form you are probably opening the child form in a way
similar to this:

MyEditForm frm = new MyEditForm();
frm.Show();

In between those lines, you can add an event handler to the form:

frm.Closed += new EventHandler(Re freshData);

This connects your "RefreshDat a" routine to the Closed event of the
form, so when the form is closed your method will be called as you wanted.
Note that for this to compile, the RefreshData method needs to have the
proper signature for an EventHandler, i.e. void RefreshData(obj ect sender,
EventArgs e).

[Jeff]

Re: Refreshing Parent window from child window

Thanks Alberto

Its exactly what I needed


Alberto Poblacion wrote:

"Jeff" <jeff@[_nospam_].hardsoft.com.a uwrote in message
news:00ba87c3$0 $20320$c3e8da3@ news.astraweb.c om...

>I have a Form parent window with a list view on it.
>When I click on an item I open another form to edit the details - this
>is not and cannot be a dialog window.
>>
>When I close the child window I would like the parent window to
>automaticall y refresh by calling a method RefreshData().
>>
>How can I achieve this.

>
In the parent form you are probably opening the child form in a way
similar to this:
>
MyEditForm frm = new MyEditForm();
frm.Show();
>
In between those lines, you can add an event handler to the form:
>
frm.Closed += new EventHandler(Re freshData);
>
This connects your "RefreshDat a" routine to the Closed event of the
form, so when the form is closed your method will be called as you wanted.
Note that for this to compile, the RefreshData method needs to have
the proper signature for an EventHandler, i.e. void RefreshData(obj ect
sender, EventArgs e).
>