I'm trying to cache a user object and gain access to it from a mutlipe
forms.

I have created a base class that all forms will inherit from. In this base
class, I have a propery to a User class which I want to cache and reuse on
all other forms so that I don't need to retrieve the user data from every
screen.

For every form that is open, there is a OnLoad override in the base class
that will call the getuser method in the user class and this will check to
see if there's a cached object or not.

Is this possible?

I have most of the logic written but can't figure out how to accomplish
this.

Thanks.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
> I'm trying to cache a user object and gain access to it from a mutlipe
> forms.
>
> I have created a base class that all forms will inherit from. In this base
> class, I have a propery to a User class which I want to cache and reuse on
> all other forms so that I don't need to retrieve the user data from every
> screen.
>
> For every form that is open, there is a OnLoad override in the base class
> that will call the getuser method in the user class and this will check to
> see if there's a cached object or not.
>
> Is this possible?

Create a static (Shared in VB.NET) reference to your user object on your
main form. Something like this (C#):

public class MainForm : Form
{
private static UserObject _currentUser;

public static UserObject CurrentUser
{
get { return _currentUser; }
}
}

Somewhere in "MainForm", the user object is initialized and loaded. Now
all other forms can access "MainForm.CurrentUser" to retrieve the one
user object.


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Patrick Steele
http://weblogs.asp.net/psteele

Thanks, sounds like it should work.

"Patrick Steele" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
> says...
>> I'm trying to cache a user object and gain access to it from a mutlipe
>> forms.
>>
>> I have created a base class that all forms will inherit from. In this
>> base
>> class, I have a propery to a User class which I want to cache and reuse
>> on
>> all other forms so that I don't need to retrieve the user data from every
>> screen.
>>
>> For every form that is open, there is a OnLoad override in the base class
>> that will call the getuser method in the user class and this will check
>> to
>> see if there's a cached object or not.
>>
>> Is this possible?
>
> Create a static (Shared in VB.NET) reference to your user object on your
> main form. Something like this (C#):
>
> public class MainForm : Form
> {
> private static UserObject _currentUser;
>
> public static UserObject CurrentUser
> {
> get { return _currentUser; }
> }
> }
>
> Somewhere in "MainForm", the user object is initialized and loaded. Now
> all other forms can access "MainForm.CurrentUser" to retrieve the one
> user object.
>
>
> --
> Patrick Steele
> http://weblogs.asp.net/psteele