get reference of the containing form

[Neo]

I am trying to create a custom control, & in this control i need to access
the form where this control is added.
How can i do this.

- I tried to accept a new parameter in the constructor of this new control,
but then i can't drop the control onto the form.
- I don't want to drop the control onto the form & set the reference to the
form in a property of the control from code, because if i want to drop this
control 10 times in 10 forms, then this means that i will always have to set
the reference of the form in a property of this control.

I just want to access the form from my control & do not want to put ANY code
in the form (but only have to be able to drop this control on the form and
this will be enough)

How can i resolve my problem.

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Neo,

Do you mean that you want to set in your control method

Sub new
messagebox.show(me.parent.tostring) 'A stupid piece of code however just to
show how.
end sub

I hope this helps?

Cor

 

[Neo]

aaaaaggggh, silly me. never thought of looking for a property PARENT.
Excellent chum, thank you.
You have saved a lot of my development time.... I have been trying to rack
my brain on this.
looking for a simple solution but thinking too darn hard.

Thank you again.

 

[Neo]

For some odd reason i never got the PARENT or the PARENTFORM to work,
but found that the FindForm() method is what i need.
I think this is the ideal way of getting the form on which this control is -
cuz thats what the method says it does.

 

[Cor Ligthert]

That can be when you use a webform

 

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Cor,

That can be when you use a webform

Huh?

Control.FindForm is a Windows Forms Control method & is used to find the
Form the control is on. For details see:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...stemwindowsformscontrolclassfindformtopic.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...systemwindowsformscontrolclassparenttopic.asp


Are you perhaps think of Web Form's Control.FindControl?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...rfsystemwebuicontrolclassfindcontroltopic.asp

Hope this helps
Jay

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Jay,

You are right. I was answering this impulsive.

Because that I use and was thinking about that.

Cor

 

[Cor Ligthert]

The last sentence is cryptic

Because that I use and was thinking about that.

Because that ( Me.FindControl("Form1")) I know the use for and I was
thinking about that.

Cor