Communication between forms

[Stéphane Roucheray]

Hi all,

I have two forms a MainForm which is the entry point of my application and I created a 'Settings..' dialog box which appears when I click on my itemmenu 'Setting'.

I had no problem to get the results from the 'setting' form into my MainForm when I use :
if (SettingForm.Sh owDialog() == DialogResult.OK )
{
//I process the results
}

But I want my results to be handled by the MainForm without the SettingForm disappearing. Just like if I had an 'Apply' button. With this feature I could change several time my settings and directly observe the effect in the MainForm.

May you help me please.

[Matt Burland]

Re: Communication between forms


"Stéphane Roucheray" <StphaneRoucher ay@discussions. microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:C82B8ADD-B84E-4C82-8F1D-E7A608F816B2@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> I have two forms a MainForm which is the entry point of my application and[/color]
I created a 'Settings..' dialog box which appears when I click on my
itemmenu 'Setting'.[color=blue]
>
> I had no problem to get the results from the 'setting' form into my[/color]
MainForm when I use :[color=blue]
> if (SettingForm.Sh owDialog() == DialogResult.OK )
> {
> //I process the results
> }
>
> But I want my results to be handled by the MainForm without the[/color]
SettingForm disappearing. Just like if I had an 'Apply' button. With this
feature I could change several time my settings and directly observe the
effect in the MainForm.[color=blue]
>
> May you help me please.[/color]

You could have your "Apply" button fire an event that the main form could
subscribe to.