Working with multiple forms in vb.net

[vksundari]

Hi All,

Can u please help in resolving this. I have 2 froms in VB.net namely form1 and from2. i am opening form2 as modal window of form1. After clicking a button on form2, i should set the textbox of form1 with value entered in textbox of form2 by closing the form2.

Thanks,
vksundari

[Frinavale]

Hi All,

Can u please help in resolving this. I have 2 froms in VB.net namely form1 and from2. i am opening form2 as modal window of form1. After clicking a button on form2, i should set the textbox of form1 with value entered in textbox of form2 by closing the form2.

Thanks,
vksundari

Hi Vksundari, Welcome to TDSN!

Are you creating a web application or desktop application?

-Frinny

[vksundari]

Its a Desktop application. vb.net 1.1

[Frinavale]

Its a Desktop application. vb.net 1.1

I've only ever created 1 desktop application before so I'll do my best.
I believe there is a "FormClose" event (or something similar).

In the vb code for the Form2 select from the drop down menus at the top:

• your form
• and the Form Close event.

This will create the method that handles this event for you.
In this method you're going to have to refer to Form1.TextBoxTh atMustBeChanged .Text to set its value.

Hope this helps!

-Frinny

[TRScheel]

Hi All,

Can u please help in resolving this. I have 2 froms in VB.net namely form1 and from2. i am opening form2 as modal window of form1. After clicking a button on form2, i should set the textbox of form1 with value entered in textbox of form2 by closing the form2.

Thanks,
vksundari

First and foremost, I suggest more descriptive names so when you come back to this application in the years to come you have an idea of what you were trying to do.

If you create an instance of the form, even after it closes its children are accessible. Hence if you add a public property on the form2 that returns the value of what needs to be placed into the textbox, you can take that from the form2 object and place it into the textbox. Following is an example of what I mean:

[CODE=vb]
Public Class Form1

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVa l sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArg s) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim Form2Instance As Form2 = New Form2()
MyBase.ShowDial og(Form2Instanc e)
MyBase.TextBoxI tem.Text = Form2Instance.T heTextBoxsValue ()
End Sub
End Class

Public Class Form2

Private Sub Form2_Load(ByVa l sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArg s) Handles MyBase.Load

End Sub

Public Function TheTextBoxsValu e() As String
Dim result As String = String.Empty
Return result
End Function
End Class[/CODE]

[Frinavale]

First and foremost, I suggest more descriptive names so when you come back to this application in the years to come you have an idea of what you were trying to do.

If you create an instance of the form, even after it closes its children are accessible. Hence if you add a public property on the form2 that returns the value of what needs to be placed into the textbox, you can take that from the form2 object and place it into the textbox. Following is an example of what I mean:
...

Thanks TRScheel!

-Frinny

[vksundari]

Thanks TRScheel and Frinny! . I got it.

[Frinavale]

Thanks TRScheel and Frinny! . I got it.

Congrats!

:)

-Frinny