[RESOLVED] Working with multiple copies of a form?

I am making a notes app. There is a form, which is the parent, the example, the form that all the new ones are going to be a copy of, and has a textbox in it. It's called frmExample.
I use: dim newNt as new frmExample , to create a new copy of frmExample.
frmExample has a command button(meaning that all the copies will have a command button too) that launches a new form called frmEdit.
In frmEdit, there is a command button. I want that when the user clicks the command button in frmEdit, it will modify the value of the textbox of the form that the first command button has been clicked. So logically it would be: newNt.text1.text = "hello"
But this doesn't work.
So I just want to change the value of the textbox in the form that launched the frmEdit. How can I do this?
I have been around this problem for a long time now, and couldn't find a solution. Thanks.

Is this what you want?

vb Code:

Option Explicit
Dim frmNT, frm1 As New Form1
Private Sub cmdLaunch_Click()
frmNT.cmdLaunch.Caption = "Edit"
frmNT.Show
frmNT.Text.Visible = False
If frmNT.cmdLaunch.Caption = "Edit" Then
   frm1.Text = "hello"
    frm1.Show
    frm1.cmdLaunch.Visible = False
Else
   frm1.Hide
End If
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
Set frmNT = Form1
End Sub

Actually, not really. I think you misunderstood the question(probably because I didn't explain it very well).
I found this here on vbforums: (http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...ces+Form,+How?)

Dim frm As form
Dim i as integer
i=i+1
Set frm = New Form1
frm.Tag = "New_Form_" & i
frm.Show

This solves a huge problem, but it creates another one. How do I unload the form with a specific tag? There is another. Each time I double click that, it uses the code above to create new instancies of frmExample. There is also an integer "i" whose value adds by 1 everytime I double click the other form. So, each frmExample copy's tag is like "New_Form_1" " New_Form_2" "New_Form_3" etc...
But how do I unload, let's say, "New_Form_3" from a command button that is on another form?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by kevinKZzaka

How can I do this?

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Perhaps the following code snippet might work:

Code:

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'In parent Form

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    With New frmExample
        .Show
    End With
End Sub

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Code:

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'In frmExample

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Set frmEdit.Owner = Me
    frmEdit.Show
End Sub

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Code:

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'In frmEdit

Public Owner As frmExample    'Custom public property

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Owner.Text1 = "hello"
End Sub

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by kevinKZzaka

But how do I unload, let's say, "New_Form_3" from a command button that is on another form?

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Take advantage of the Forms Collection! Example:

Code:

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Private Sub Command2_Click() 'This code assumes there are 4 Forms currently loaded
    Unload Forms(3)          'This line unloads the 4th (last) Form
End Sub                      'Make sure that the Index < Forms.Count

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You can access any property/method of the referenced Form using the dot operator:

Code:

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Forms(3).Property
Forms(3).Method

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Thank you Bonnie West. That was very informative, but I actually solved the problem following the example of another friend similar to this, here on vbforums.