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How to access class instance of main form

I ve got tha start up mdi form frmMain and a customer class. I create a
public instance of Customer class. Then I want to use this instance at
another child form...

How can I refer to it?

Thank you in advance
Nov 21 '05 #1
2 1707
Diomatas

Make it public/friend in the class you instance it.

Cor
Nov 21 '05 #2
* "=?Utf-8?B?RGlvbWF0YXM=?=" <Di******@discussions.microsoft.com> scripsit:
I ve got tha start up mdi form frmMain and a customer class. I create a
public instance of Customer class. Then I want to use this instance at
another child form...


Add a property of type 'Customer' to your main form, for example, and
then read this property in your MDI children:

\\\
Dim TheCustomer As Customer = DirectCast(Me.MdiParent, MainForm).Customer
///

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
Nov 21 '05 #3

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