How To.... pass Variables to new form?

Hello again,

I have a form that controls the size, resolution and so on for a form that hasn't been opened yet. Now my problem is:

The User can insert a name for the new form. But how do I pass this entry in the textBox to the new form?

Thanks in advance

you will need to modify the constructor of Form2 , so that when it's loaded from Form1 , it can access Form1's Controls.
in Form2 .....

VB Code:

[Color=Blue]Public[/color] [Color=Blue]Class[/color] Form2
    [Color=Blue]Inherits[/color] System.Windows.Forms.Form
 
#[color=blue]Region[/color] " Windows Form Designer generated code "
 
    [Color=Blue]Dim[/color] frm1 [Color=Blue]As[/color] Form1 [Color=Green]'///[/color] [Color=Green]first[/color] [Color=Green]add[/color] [Color=Green]this[/color] [Color=Green]line[/color] [Color=Green]above[/color] [Color=Green]Sub[/color] [Color=Green]New[/color] [Color=Green]([/color] [Color=Green][/color] [Color=Green])[/color] [Color=Green]
 
[/color]    [Color=Blue]Public[/color] [Color=Blue]Sub[/color] [Color=Blue]New[/color]([Color=Blue]ByVal[/color] f [Color=Blue]As[/color] Form1) [Color=Green]'///[/color] [Color=Green]then[/color] [Color=Green]add[/color] [Color=Green]ByVal[/color] [Color=Green]f[/color] [Color=Green]As[/color] [Color=Green]Form1[/color] [Color=Green]in[/color] [Color=Green]the[/color] [Color=Green]brackets[/color] [Color=Green].[/color] [Color=Green]
[/color]        [Color=Blue]MyBase[/color].New()
 
        frm1 = f [Color=Green]'///[/color] [Color=Green]then[/color] [Color=Green]to[/color] [Color=Green]initialize[/color] [Color=Green]the[/color] [Color=Green]frm1[/color] [Color=Green][/color] [Color=Green]([/color] [Color=Green][/color] [Color=Green]to[/color] [Color=Green]access[/color] [Color=Green]Form1's[/color] [Color=Green]Controls[/color] [Color=Green][/color] [Color=Green])[/color] [Color=Green][/color] [Color=Green]add[/color] [Color=Green]this[/color] [Color=Green]line[/color] [Color=Green].[/color] [Color=Green]
 
[/color]        [Color=Green]'This[/color] [Color=Green]call[/color] [Color=Green]is[/color] [Color=Green]required[/color] [Color=Green]by[/color] [Color=Green]the[/color] [Color=Green]Windows[/color] [Color=Green]Form[/color] [Color=Green]Designer[/color] [Color=Green].[/color] [Color=Green]
[/color]        InitializeComponent()
 
        [Color=Green]'Add[/color] [Color=Green]any[/color] [Color=Green]initialization[/color] [Color=Green]after[/color] [Color=Green]the[/color] [Color=Green]InitializeComponent[/color] [Color=Green]([/color] [Color=Green][/color] [Color=Green])[/color] [Color=Green][/color] [Color=Green]call
 
[/color]    [Color=Blue]End[/color] [Color=Blue]Sub
 
[/color]    [Color=Green]'Form[/color] [Color=Green]overrides[/color] [Color=Green]dispose[/color] [Color=Green]to[/color] [Color=Green]clean[/color] [Color=Green]up[/color] [Color=Green]the[/color] [Color=Green]component[/color] [Color=Green]list[/color] [Color=Green].[/color] [Color=Green]
[/color]    [Color=Blue]Protected[/color] [Color=Blue]Overloads[/color] [Color=Blue]Overrides[/color] [Color=Blue]Sub[/color] Dispose([Color=Blue]ByVal[/color] disposing [Color=Blue]As[/color] [Color=Blue]Boolean[/color])
        [Color=Blue]If[/color] disposing [Color=Blue]Then
[/color]            [Color=Blue]If[/color] [Color=Blue]Not[/color] (components [Color=Blue]Is[/color] [Color=Blue]Nothing[/color]) [Color=Blue]Then
[/color]                components.Dispose()
            [Color=Blue]End[/color] [Color=Blue]If
[/color]        [Color=Blue]End[/color] [Color=Blue]If
[/color]        [Color=Blue]MyBase[/color].Dispose(disposing)
    [Color=Blue]End[/color] [Color=Blue]Sub
 
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[/color]    [Color=Blue]Private[/color] components [Color=Blue]As[/color] System.ComponentModel.IContainer
 
    [Color=Green]'NOTE[/color] [Color=Green]:[/color] [Color=Green][/color] [Color=Green]The[/color] [Color=Green]following[/color] [Color=Green]procedure[/color] [Color=Green]is[/color] [Color=Green]required[/color] [Color=Green]by[/color] [Color=Green]the[/color] [Color=Green]Windows[/color] [Color=Green]Form[/color] [Color=Green]Designer
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[/color]    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> [Color=Blue]Private[/color] [Color=Blue]Sub[/color] InitializeComponent()
        [Color=Green]'
[/color]        [Color=Green]'Form2
[/color]        [Color=Green]'
[/color]        [Color=Blue]Me[/color].AutoScaleBaseSize = [Color=Blue]New[/color] System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        [Color=Blue]Me[/color].ClientSize = [Color=Blue]New[/color] System.Drawing.Size(408, 230)
 
        [Color=Blue]Me[/color].Name = frm1.TextBox1.Text [Color=Green]'///[/color] [Color=Green]name[/color] [Color=Green]the[/color] [Color=Green]form[/color] [Color=Green]as[/color] [Color=Green]the[/color] [Color=Green]text[/color] [Color=Green]in[/color] [Color=Green]TextBox1[/color] [Color=Green]on[/color] [Color=Green]Form1[/color] [Color=Green].[/color] [Color=Green]
[/color]        [Color=Blue]Me[/color].Text = frm1.TextBox1.Text
 
    [Color=Blue]End Sub[/color]
 
[Color=Blue]#End Region[/color]
 
 [Color=Blue]End Class[/color]

then in Form1 , assuming you have a textbox and a button...

VB Code:

[Color=Blue]Private[/color] [Color=Blue]Sub[/color] Button1_Click([Color=Blue]ByVal[/color] sender [Color=Blue]As[/color] System.Object, [Color=Blue]ByVal[/color] e [Color=Blue]As[/color] System.EventArgs) [Color=Blue]Handles[/color] Button1.Click
        [Color=Blue]If[/color] [Color=Blue]Not[/color] TextBox1.Text = "" [Color=Blue]AndAlso[/color] [Color=Blue]Not[/color] TextBox1.Text = [Color=Blue]Me[/color].Name [Color=Blue]Then
[/color]            [Color=Blue]Dim[/color] frm2 [Color=Blue]As[/color] [Color=Blue]New[/color] Form2([Color=Blue]Me[/color]) [Color=Green]'///[/color] [Color=Green]notice[/color] [Color=Green]the[/color] [Color=Green]Me[/color] [Color=Green]in[/color] [Color=Green]brackets[/color] [Color=Green].[/color] [Color=Green]
[/color]            frm2.Show()
        [Color=Blue]End[/color] [Color=Blue]If
[/color]    [Color=Blue]End[/color]

hope it helps.

Thank you,

that'll helped.

Now the new form has its name, but now I need to pass the height and width values (also in the textBoxes on form1) to form2.

How is that going?
Do I have to modify the Region code in order to solve this prob?

Thanks

in the windows generated code area of form2 ( where you declare the Form's name / text , do this...

VB Code:

[color=blue]Me[/color].ClientSize = [color=blue]New[/color] System.Drawing.Size(frm1.TextBox2.Text, frm1.TextBox3.Text)
[COLOR=green]'/// obviously using your textbox's name's off form1.[/color]

Thanks a lot