Okay - I have incorporated some of the advise I got on the first post and
have gone ahead and setup a simple test project to demonstrate the trouble I
am having. Any help is GREATLY appreciated:
FILE FORM1.CS:
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
namespace simpleapp
{
/// <summary>
/// Summary description for Form1.
/// </summary>
public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox1;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
/// <summary>
/// Required designer variable.
/// </summary>
private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;
public Form1()
{
//
// Required for Windows Form Designer support
//
InitializeComponent();
//
// TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
//
}
public void addstatus(string status)
{
this.textBox1.AppendText(status + "\r\n\r\n");
}
/// <summary>
/// Clean up any resources being used.
/// </summary>
protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
{
if( disposing )
{
if (components != null)
{
components.Dispose();
}
}
base.Dispose( disposing );
}
#region Windows Form Designer generated code
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.textBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// textBox1
//
this.textBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 24);
this.textBox1.Multiline = true;
this.textBox1.Name = "textBox1";
this.textBox1.ReadOnly = true;
this.textBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(296, 240);
this.textBox1.TabIndex = 0;
this.textBox1.Text = "";
//
// button1
//
this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
this.button1.Name = "button1";
this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(296, 23);
this.button1.TabIndex = 1;
this.button1.Text = "button1";
this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
//
// Form1
//
this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 266);
this.Controls.Add(this.button1);
this.Controls.Add(this.textBox1);
this.Name = "Form1";
this.Text = "Form1";
this.ResumeLayout(false);
}
#endregion
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.Run(new Form1());
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
addstatus("Part one, I work \r\n\r\n");
Class1 cls1 = new Class1();
cls1.addstatustoo("Part three, I don't work \r\n\r\n");
}
public string ValueForTextBox
{
set
{
this.textBox1.Text = value;
}
get
{
return this.textBox1.Text;
}
}
}
}
file CLASS1.CS:
using System;
namespace simpleapp
{
/// <summary>
/// Summary description for Class1.
/// </summary>
public class Class1
{
public Class1()
{
//
// TODO: Add constructor logic here
//
addstatustoo("part two, I don't work \r\n\r\n");
}
public void addstatustoo(string status)
{
//this doesn't work.
Form1 obj = new Form1();
obj.addstatus("hi, I don't work either");
obj.addstatus(status);
obj.ValueForTextBox = "hi I don't work either!" + status + "\r\n\r\n";
}
}
}
