[RESOLVED] Pass Variable from form to form

[raptormanad]

Is it possible to pass a variable set in one form to another?

[kleinma]

Yes, passing data between forms is asked several times a week, and doing a forum search here will turn up tons of results and answers to this.

[raptormanad]

I did some looking around and tried something like:

Public Class frm2

    Private Sub frm2_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Label6.Text = frm1.id
    End Sub

End Class

But it says:

Error 105 'id' is not a member of 'Project1.frm1'.

[computerman]

Yes. I did from a search form.

Private Sub DataGridView1_CellClick1(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellEventArgs) Handles DataGridView1.CellClick

        DataGridView1.CurrentCell = DataGridView1(0, DataGridView1.CurrentCell.RowIndex)

        frmBookingForm.txtAccountNo.Text = DataGridView1.CurrentCell.Value

        Me.Close()
    End Sub

In this case I passed the variable to the form I wanted the variable in and then closed the search form.

[raptormanad]

Does my last post make sense?

[CoachBarker]

What is frm1.id supposed to be referencing?

[raptormanad]

It references the first originating form and its variable.

[stanav]

Does my last post make sense?

Yes, it made sense. But in order for the code to work, you need to add the "id" member to your frm1 class. It can be a public property or variable.

[CoachBarker]

What is the variable id, a string, a numeric value, a control name?????

[raptormanad]

id is a variable from the previous form which is a field resulting from a sql statement.

[CoachBarker]

And what is id displayed in on your frm1?

you could do

Label6.Text = frm1.TextBoxID.Text

or

Label6.Text = frm1.LabelID.Text

or

Label6.Text = frm1.cboID.SelectedText

[stanav]

id is a variable from the previous form which is a field resulting from a sql statement.

And where is it declared? Is it declared as class level variable with appropriate access modifier in frm1?

[raptormanad]

Yes, it made sense. But in order for the code to work, you need to add the "id" member to your frm1 class. It can be a public property or variable.

Bingo, that got it. Thanks for all the replies!