Thread: Getting a string from another form

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    Getting a string from another form

    Hi guys,

    I have a program that i'm writing that does the following:
    Code:
    private void buttonclick( blah blah blah)
    {
          Form f=new myForm();
          f.Show();
    }
    now once this new form opens i want the user to input some data, not too hard so far. But my problem is how do i get that data back into the main form?
    would i use something like
    Code:
       return myData;
    i've tried that but it never seems to work
    any help is greatly appreciated.

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    One solution is an event. Invocate an event and pass the new data as an argument.

    Kuphryn

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    how exactly would i do that?

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    Check out MSDN.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...cstartpage.asp

    Check out my website for more software development links.

    http://www.dslextreme.com/users/kuphryn/links.html

    Kuphryn

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    Create a property for your input form with the datatype you want to get. Then read that property if the form was closed successfully.

    Code:
    private void buttonclick( blah blah blah)
    {
    	Form f = new myForm();
    
    	if( f.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK )
    	{
    		yourvalueinthisformwhereyouneedit = f.YourProperty;
    	}
    }
    hth
    -nv

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