event triggering

Is there a way to trigger an event on another form when that form isn't active? I've got a program with an MDI form and a few children, and I want to be able to fire an event in one of the children when the MDI form has the focus. (Specifically using an MDI menu to press a toolbar button on one of the child forms). I know that properties can be set with the syntax Form!Object.Property = Value, but that same thing won't work for firing events. Is it possible to do this?

Just change it from Private Sub to Public Sub, for example:

Code:

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Public Sub Command1_Click()
    MsgBox "Hello"
End Sub

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Then from another Form, you can use:

Code:

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Call Form2.Command2_Click()

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Code:

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Command1.Value = True

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will also trigger the commandbutton click event without setting it public