Visual Studio - Access PictureBox outside Form1 class?

[andreasleon]

Ive been trying all day now to get control over a form designer added picturebox from a different class without success.

ive tried from my new class

PictureBox renderWindow = Form1.pictureBox1;

and i get the following error:

1 'programnamespace.Form1.pictureBox1' is inaccessible due to its protection level

2 An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'programnamespace.Form1.pictureBox1'

I need to somehow access the pictureBox from outside the class since im going to have both webcam playback ( captureDevice.Render(); ) and video playback ( videoPlayback.Render(); ) and they both need to take control over the designer generated picturebox. Any ideas on how i can span the picturebox over several classes (or) copy the picturebox to each class and have it render in the same place?

Im running out of ideas, any suggestions?

[Magos]

It's generally bad to allow such access, but if you still feel like you must:

- Enter the form designer
- Open the properties for the picturebox
- Change the "Modifiers" property from "Private" to "Public"

You could also create a (readonly) property to access the picturebox.