Set accessor not setting value

[arggg]

I have a statusbar and created a textbox to double test this however the value is being sent as I did a MessageBox.Show (value); and it shows the value being passed yet it is not being set. Can anyone explain why? Here is my code. The MainGUI is a partial class with : Form. Does that make a difference?

MainGUI Class

public string stsMessageText
{
get
{
return stsMessage.Text;
}
set
{
stsMessage.Text = value;
MessageBox.Show("Value: " + value);
}
}

database.cs

MainGUI main = new MainGUI();
main.stsMessageText = "Connected to database";

Any help would be appreciated.

[Plater]

How fast are you doing this? sometimes you need to call .Update() on the object to make sure it gets re-drawn?

[arggg]

in Database.cs I now have

main.stsMessageText = "connected to database";
main.Update();

But this still does not make it display... any other ideas? Also thank you for the quick reply.

[Plater]

Hahaha I think I have it.
You are creating a NEW instance of your maingui class in that database call, not changing the one that is already shown.

[arggg]

Hahaha I think I have it.
You are creating a NEW instance of your maingui class in that database call, not changing the one that is already shown.

Yea i was just going to post that. How would I update the CURRENT instance? I am not familiar with a way of doing something in another class without first creating an instance...

[Sick0Fant]

Yea i was just going to post that. How would I update the CURRENT instance? I am not familiar with a way of doing something in another class without first creating an instance...

Instead of setting the object equal to a new instance via the keyword "new", just declare the variable and set it equal to an already existing instance.

[arggg]

Instead of setting the object equal to a new instance via the keyword "new", just declare the variable and set it equal to an already existing instance.

Well I launched the application in the Main() with Application.Run (new MainGUI()); Well I didnt but VS2008 Express did. How should I proceed?

Sorry I'm new to c#

[Sick0Fant]

Well I launched the application in the Main() with Application.Run (new MainGUI()); Well I didnt but VS2008 Express did. How should I proceed?

Sorry I'm new to c#

Is the form itself in which this code is contained an instance of MainGUI (if so, use this.stsMessage Text)? I'm kind of confused.

[arggg]

Here is what I did with the help of a colleage.

MainGUI.cs

public string stsMessageText
{
set { stsMessage.Text = value; }
}

Database db = new Database();
db.dbConnect(this);

database.cs

class Database

public void dbConnect(MainGUI main)
{
// ...
main.stsMessageText = "Connected To Database";
}

I believe that is the direction you were pointing me in or atleast trying to tell me to day. Thanks for the advice!

[Plater]

That should work, maybe a bit exsesive, but should work.

[arggg]

what were you thinking?

[Plater]

Well you wanted to use that get/set thing, but I was thinking you were passing in a reference to the whole form when all you needed was that one control