Connect between two forms

[Avi G]

Hi,

i've two forms i managed to connect with the two forms so if i press on the
first form on tools and then option the new form is rising, but the probelm
is, that i have on the new form a CheckBox that i can't see in the first form
why?

Thanks

[Mark R. Dawson]

Hi Avi,
if you want to access the value in the checkbox on one form from another
form you will have to add an accessor on the form that returns the checkbox
value to allow you to get to the value i.e.

class FormWithCheckBox : Form
{
//assume this form has a checkbox called chkBxAccepted

public bool UserAccepted
{
get
{
return chkBxAccepted.Checked;
}
}
}
Then from the other form you can do:

class FormMain : Form
{
//called when user clicks on button
private void ClickHandler()
{
FormWithCheckBox f = new FormWithCheckBox();
f.ShowDialog() // or Show if non-modal

bool userAccepted = f.UserAccepted;

//do some stuff
}
}

Hope that helps
Mark Dawson
http://www.markdawson.org


"Avi G" wrote:

Hi,

i've two forms i managed to connect with the two forms so if i press on the
first form on tools and then option the new form is rising, but the probelm
is, that i have on the new form a CheckBox that i can't see in the first form
why?

Thanks

[Avi G]

wow to hard for me, i'm real beginner, i'm working with VS 2005 isn't an easy
way to do it with VS 2005 or more simple code?

"Mark R. Dawson" wrote:

Hi Avi,
if you want to access the value in the checkbox on one form from another
form you will have to add an accessor on the form that returns the checkbox
value to allow you to get to the value i.e.

class FormWithCheckBox : Form
{
//assume this form has a checkbox called chkBxAccepted

public bool UserAccepted
{
get
{
return chkBxAccepted.Checked;
}
}
}
Then from the other form you can do:

class FormMain : Form
{
//called when user clicks on button
private void ClickHandler()
{
FormWithCheckBox f = new FormWithCheckBox();
f.ShowDialog() // or Show if non-modal

bool userAccepted = f.UserAccepted;

//do some stuff
}
}

Hope that helps
Mark Dawson
http://www.markdawson.org


"Avi G" wrote:

Hi,

i've two forms i managed to connect with the two forms so if i press on the
first form on tools and then option the new form is rising, but the probelm
is, that i have on the new form a CheckBox that i can't see in the first form
why?

Thanks

[Joanna Carter [TeamB]]

"Avi G" <Av**@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
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| wow to hard for me, i'm real beginner, i'm working with VS 2005 isn't an
easy
| way to do it with VS 2005 or more simple code?

It really doesn't get much simpler than this, surrounding a private field
with a public property is standard practice. If you want to learn the right
way to do things rather than seek out kludges and poor coding, then there
are alternatives that will soon get you into more trouble than you can
handle :-)

Joanna

--
Joanna Carter [TeamB]
Consultant Software Engineer

[Mark R. Dawson]

Hi Avi,
if the syntax is confusing to you, then you could replace the property
with a normal method, it really doesn't get any easier than calling a method
and it returning a value: i.e.

Instead of (obviosuly you can call this function whatever you want, I just
called it UserAccepted to indicate the checkbox was relating to the user
having to accept something on the form):

public bool UserAccepted
{
get
{
return chkBxAccepted.Checked;
}
}

can do:

public bool UserAccepted()
{
return this.chkBxUserAccepted.Checked;
}
Hope that is clearer.
Mark.
--
http://www.markdawson.org
"Avi G" wrote:
wow to hard for me, i'm real beginner, i'm working with VS 2005 isn't an easy
way to do it with VS 2005 or more simple code?

"Mark R. Dawson" wrote:

Hi Avi,
if you want to access the value in the checkbox on one form from another
form you will have to add an accessor on the form that returns the checkbox
value to allow you to get to the value i.e.

class FormWithCheckBox : Form
{
//assume this form has a checkbox called chkBxAccepted

public bool UserAccepted
{
get
{
return chkBxAccepted.Checked;
}
}
}
Then from the other form you can do:

class FormMain : Form
{
//called when user clicks on button
private void ClickHandler()
{
FormWithCheckBox f = new FormWithCheckBox();
f.ShowDialog() // or Show if non-modal

bool userAccepted = f.UserAccepted;

//do some stuff
}
}

Hope that helps
Mark Dawson
http://www.markdawson.org


"Avi G" wrote:

Hi,

i've two forms i managed to connect with the two forms so if i press on the
first form on tools and then option the new form is rising, but the probelm
is, that i have on the new form a CheckBox that i can't see in the first form
why?

Thanks