Problems referencing form object from module..

[nemesys777]

Hi,
In my project I have form1 and module1
On form1 I have a textbox1

In my module I am trying to open a text file and send it to the textbox on form1. This is my code..

Imports system.IO

Dim serverconfig As TextReader 

Public Sub openfile() 
        Dim frm1 As New Form1() 
        Dim a As String 
        a = "C:\a.txt" 
        serverconfig = New StreamReader(a) 
        frm1.TextBox1.Text = serverconfig.ReadToEnd 
End Sub

On form1 Load I simply put -- "openfile"

When I do it this way, no text appears in my textbox. But If I put the code from my module directly into my form1_load (replacing frm1.Textbox1.Text with Textbox1.Text) It prints out the Text File fine. I seem to be having problems with the line "frm1.TextBox1.Text = serverconfig.ReadToEnd"...
However in my module if I just type frm1...Then it comes up with all the objects on my Form1 (TextBox1) So I don't know what the problem is...
Any help would be great. Thx

[Cander]

having troubles? Does that mean it does nothing? Gives an error? If error, what error?

[nemesys777]

There is no error.. It simply just doesnt print the contents of the textfile (a.txt) into my TextBox1.Text on Form1............

However If I use the move the code from my module to the Form1_Load It then works....(prints the textfile into the textbox)

[nemesys777]

I found out what I was doing wrong. Another guy helped me out...I should have had my code like this:

Public serverconfig As TextReader

Public Sub Listen(ByVal frm1 As Form1)
        Dim a As String
        a = "C:\a.txt"
        serverconfig = New StreamReader(a)
        frm1.TextBox1.Text = serverconfig.ReadToEnd
End Sub

Form1_Load
Listen(Me)
End Sub

Apparently..This is something VB6 programmers have been used to..Unfortunately I had made the transition from VB5 to .NET...So there's a few things I'm not used to yet..Anyways thanks for the help.