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Carrying a variable between forms

Good afternoon,

Here's the scenario:

I have two forms, Form1 and Form2. A variable "A" is attached to a text box on Form1, we'll call it txtTest.text. How do I carry that varible over to display it's contents in Form2? Example:

(Form1)

string A = txtTest.text;

(Form2)

txtWhatever.text = A; // Variable from Form1

aacool

You have two ways - use Remoting across context boundaries, or store the variable in a persistent store and reference that store on both sides - file, table, etc.

Ping if you need more info

fattumsdad

ASKER

aacool,

I'm fairly new to this, so a walkthough would be extremely helpful :)

Mohammed Nasman

Hello

Here's a quick sample for showing form2 then get the value that put in the textbox
but you need to change the Modifiers property of txtTest to public to be able to access it's value from other forms

      Form2 frm = new Form2();
      frm.Show();
      MessageBox.Show(frm.txtTest.Text);

HTH

fattumsdad

ASKER

I'm getting an error that says " Error 1 The name 'frm' does not exist in the current context

Mohammed Nasman

did you declare it as
Form2 frm = new Form2();

fattumsdad

ASKER

Yes, it is declared as you said. It looks like using MessageBox.Show(frm.txtTest.Text); would take the text from "txtTest" that is located on "frm" (which is Form2). I'm trying to take the text from "txtTest" on Form1.... I could be confused, as I said I'm pretty new to this...

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