referencing parent form methods

[John]

Hi

I have opened a dialog (form) from within a form using the ShowDialog(). How
can I now access methods in the parent form, from this dialog?

Thanks

Regards

 

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

The dialog's owner is a reference to the parent form. Cast it to the type of
your main form and access the methods.


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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I have opened a dialog (form) from within a form using the ShowDialog(). How
can I now access methods in the parent form, from this dialog?

'DirectCast(Me.Owner, MainForm).TheProperty = 22'.

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[John]

Hi

I have tried this;

x = DirectCast(Me.Owner, frmClients).txtCompany.Text ' frmclients is the
design name of the calling form

and I am getting a 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.'
error. What am I doing wrong?

Basically I am trying to pick up the value of the company in the calling
form, from within the called dialog form. Is there another way to pass data
between a calling and a called from?

Thanks

Regards