Instantiate a form from another project

[jack]

Hello,

I have a set of class library projects that are used by a Windows
application project. I would like to add forms that are specfic to those
class library projects and instantiate them from the windows application
project. Of course I can't add forms to my class library projects, however,
I'm apprehensive about changing those projects to windows application
projects.

Can anyone advise me on the various alternatives to accomplish what I'm
trying to do and what I lose/gain by changing my class library projects to
Windows application projects?

Thanks in advance!
Jack

[Mike McIntyre [MVP]]

Jack,

FYI - You can include Form types in a class library.
--
Mike

Mike McIntyre
Visual Basic MVP
www.getdotnetcode.com
"jack" <ja***@systemsynergy.com.dumpthispart> wrote in message
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Hello,

I have a set of class library projects that are used by a Windows
application project. I would like to add forms that are specfic to those
class library projects and instantiate them from the windows application
project. Of course I can't add forms to my class library projects,
however, I'm apprehensive about changing those projects to windows
application projects.

Can anyone advise me on the various alternatives to accomplish what I'm
trying to do and what I lose/gain by changing my class library projects to
Windows application projects?

Thanks in advance!
Jack

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"jack" <ja***@systemsynergy.com.dumpthispart> schrieb:

I have a set of class library projects that are used by a Windows
application project. I would like to add forms that are specfic to those
class library projects and instantiate them from the windows application
project. Of course I can't add forms to my class library projects,
however, I'm apprehensive about changing those projects to windows
application projects.

You can actually define form types in your class library. Then simply
reference the class library from your Windows Forms application (Windows
Forms applications cannot be referenced!), import the class library's
namespace and instantiate the forms defined in the class library.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

[jack]

Thank you very much!

"jack" <ja***@systemsynergy.com.dumpthispart> wrote in message
news:Ok**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Hello,

I have a set of class library projects that are used by a Windows
application project. I would like to add forms that are specfic to those
class library projects and instantiate them from the windows application
project. Of course I can't add forms to my class library projects,
however, I'm apprehensive about changing those projects to windows
application projects.

Can anyone advise me on the various alternatives to accomplish what I'm
trying to do and what I lose/gain by changing my class library projects to
Windows application projects?

Thanks in advance!
Jack