Accessing form's text box from Module

I have come from a VB6 background, and I'm trying to convert an MDI app that
has many subs in modules which directly access
a textbox in a child form of the main MDI form (frmMain as MDI form, frmEdit
as child form, txtEdit as richtextbox)
code:
With frmMain.ActiveMdiChild.txtEdit

I totally understand OO concepts now, which I didn't (completely) when the
app was originally written, but I really don't want to re-write every single
sub and make it a function, to output text - that would make me want to
shoot the computer.
I guess, the other option would be to put all this stuff in the MDI form or
MDI child, however, that would really bloat those forms....(IMHO)

Is there a way to reference the textbox on the child form, directly inside a
module, with VB.Net (2005)?

You mean like?:

Module xyz

Public Sub UpdateRichTextBox()

CType(CType(Application.OpenForms("frmMain"), frmMain).ActiveMdiChild,
frmEdit).txtEdit.Text = "The quick brown fox ..."

End Sub

End Module


"Elmo Watson" <sputnik75043@NOSpam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ubqpjkgMHHA.4708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I have come from a VB6 background, and I'm trying to convert an MDI app
>that has many subs in modules which directly access
> a textbox in a child form of the main MDI form (frmMain as MDI form,
> frmEdit as child form, txtEdit as richtextbox)
> code:
> With frmMain.ActiveMdiChild.txtEdit
>
> I totally understand OO concepts now, which I didn't (completely) when the
> app was originally written, but I really don't want to re-write every
> single sub and make it a function, to output text - that would make me
> want to shoot the computer.
> I guess, the other option would be to put all this stuff in the MDI form
> or MDI child, however, that would really bloat those forms....(IMHO)
>
> Is there a way to reference the textbox on the child form, directly inside
> a module, with VB.Net (2005)?
>

Absolutely great! I've been looking for this for so long

I just dimmed that all as a RichTextBox at the head of the Module and
everything went perfectly

Thanks! - You're a life saver

"Stephany Young" <noone@localhost> wrote in message
news:upzYbtgMHHA.3312@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> You mean like?:
>
> Module xyz
>
> Public Sub UpdateRichTextBox()
>
> CType(CType(Application.OpenForms("frmMain"),
> frmMain).ActiveMdiChild, frmEdit).txtEdit.Text = "The quick brown fox ..."
>
> End Sub
>
> End Module
>
>
> "Elmo Watson" <sputnik75043@NOSpam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:ubqpjkgMHHA.4708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I have come from a VB6 background, and I'm trying to convert an MDI app
>>that has many subs in modules which directly access
>> a textbox in a child form of the main MDI form (frmMain as MDI form,
>> frmEdit as child form, txtEdit as richtextbox)
>> code:
>> With frmMain.ActiveMdiChild.txtEdit
>>
>> I totally understand OO concepts now, which I didn't (completely) when
>> the app was originally written, but I really don't want to re-write every
>> single sub and make it a function, to output text - that would make me
>> want to shoot the computer.
>> I guess, the other option would be to put all this stuff in the MDI form
>> or MDI child, however, that would really bloat those forms....(IMHO)
>>
>> Is there a way to reference the textbox on the child form, directly
>> inside a module, with VB.Net (2005)?
>>
>
>