Displaying text on a form form a umanaged callback C++/C# problem

[bob]

Hi all

Currently porting an application to managed C++
Have managed to create working MDI form and child windows etc.

Also added a callback from an unmanaged 'C' dll (ok that was strangely
easy to do and it works).

The callback simply creates a string form the callback char * data

__delegate void Callback_Positi onCallback(char *UpdateText);

and the function address passed to the unmanaged dll event function.

void STDCALL UpdatedTextCall back(char *UpdateText)
{ //
function is called when an event happens in the unmanaged dll
String *strText = new String(UpdateTe xt);
midiForm-> updateTextBox(s trText); // <====== problem how to
get a pointer to MidiForm class
}

Within the Midi form class (kindly generated by VS 7), has a function
UpdateTextBox added manually

public __gc class MidiForm : public System::Windows ::Forms::Form
{
public:
......
void updateTextBox(S tring *usetext)
{
TextBox->Text = usetext; // textbox is a simple textbox
placed on the eMidiForm status bar
}
}

The updateTextBox works great if called from any class that can have a
pointer to the MidiForm class

For example

int APIENTRY _tWinMain(HINST ANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,L PTSTR
lpCmdLine,int nCmdShow)|
{
System::Threadi ng::Thread::Cur rentThread->ApartmentSta te =
System::Threadi ng::ApartmentSt ate::STA;

MidiForm *midiForm = new MidiForm;
midiForm->updateTextBox( "hello");
Application::Ru n(midiForm);
return 0;
}

But the compiler will not allow a global variable to allow the
UpdatedTextCall back to be called from Callback function.
i.e MidiForm *midiForm cannot be global.

So how do you get a pointer to call the main Form (and any functions in it).

Help!

Thanks

Bob