winforms control question

[Mike P]

In a Windows app, how do you make reference to a control on another
form? I am entering the name of the form, but none of the controls
appear in Intellisense.

 

[Guest]

By default, controls have protected accessibility (VB has Friend). One
option is to change this to public, or create a public property that let's
you access the control or individual properties.

 

[Guest]

You might find that the constituent controls are private by default. Try
changing the modifier to Internal.

Hope that helps.

 

[Mike P]

I've made both the declaration of the control public, and the click
event public, but it still doesn't appear in Intellisense on the other
form..?

 

[Guest]

Are you creating an instance of the other form? If you add a TextBox to the
second form and call it txtTest, then set the modifier to Internal, you
should be able to access it as follows:

Form2 f = new Form2();
f.txtTest.Text = "Hello";
f.ShowDialog();
MessageBox.Show(f.txtTest.Text);

This lets you both set and get the value in the TextBox on the second form.