Main sub and UserControl

[Merri]

Is there any way to call a sub from UserControl from Main sub? Or do anything at all for the control? I tried UserControl.Sub_Name and UserControlsName.Sub_Name but with no luck...

I'd also know something more about using the Main sub in an OCX / ActiveX, just some general information would be nice


And I did a search on the forums and found nothing about this matter.

[Mc Brain]

Yes... be sure that the control is loaded, and the sub is Public.

[Merri]

I have the Main sub in the control (meaning, in a module), not the control on a form. I get a compile error when I try to do anything for the UserControl.

[leinad31]

ParentForm.UserControlsName.Sub_Name

[Merri]

Have to make this clear: I'm making a control, not using one in a program.

[crptcblade]

I'm a little confused. Are we just talking any old sub in a module in your AX control project? If so, you'll need to make the sub in the module public, and also make a public "piggy back" sub in the usercontrol, so other projects can access it.

[Merri]

What do you mean by "piggy back"? I made the sub I wanted to call Public - it just doesn't help as I can't access the UserControl from the module at all.

[crptcblade]

By piggy back I meant that The outside world would call the method in the usercontrol, and that in turn would simply pass all the arguments it gets to the method in the module. And likewise with the return value (if any).

As for accessing the usercontrol from the module, can't you just pass in a reference to the current instance? ie

'In module
Public Sub SayMyName(c As SomeUserControl)
    MsgBox c.Name
End Sub
 
'In Usercontrol
Public Sub CallSayMyName()
    SayMyName Me
End Sub

[Merri]

Hmm, well I found a way to do the thing I wanted without using a Main sub to confuse my life. Then I found out the changes didn't help me at all: even by using API gettickcount to do animating on the UserControl, the animating stops if I ie. scroll something - before I used a timer. So...I'm stuck with the thing. I'd like to do animating but I must use DoEvents (which apparently is the one that causes animating to stop) or the control doesn't seem to work at all.