set a reference in form2 to already open form1

[kleinma]

In VB6 you could call any public method or variable in Form1 from Form2 by qualifying it with Form1

'IN FORM2

msgbox Form1.txtName.Text

in VB.NET though this doesnt work.

Let says I have a listview on Form1 that I want to access from form2. If I assign the form to an instance variable of that form

Dim x as New Form1
x.ListView1

this works, but it creates a new instance of Form1. If form1 is already open how can I set a reference to it in Form2 so I can access its controls?

[kleinma]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...adingToNET.asp

this is a good article talking about this if anyone else is interested

How i solved my particular problem though, was to start the app from Sub Main in a module, and in the module my main form was declared as public, and that way it can be accessed by all other forms via its instance name.

[LITHIA]

Originally posted by kleinma
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...adingToNET.asp

this is a good article talking about this if anyone else is interested

How i solved my particular problem though, was to start the app from Sub Main in a module, and in the module my main form was declared as public, and that way it can be accessed by all other forms via its instance name.

hehe, i just did a post very similiar to this only a few hours before this!
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...hreadid=290976
its the last post, the thread i started ages ago so i wouldn't bother reading it, just the last post i included