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c# Winforms: How to read a value form another form

Hi

New to c# Winforms. I have a menu form that has a combox control on it. When I open up a form from that menu form, how can I read the value in the Menu Form on the form I just open up?

So I have in the menu form
MenuDesigner.cs
this.RecordType = new System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox();

Menu.cs
getContributions frm = new getContributions();
frm.ShowDialog();

Thanks

then in my

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Dmitry G

NEVER make controls public! Create a special method to access values in a combobox, like in my code above:

public string GetSelectedItemValueFromComboOnParent()
{
return mycombo.SelectedItem.ToString();
}

Sometimes it does make sense to set some values on a child form before displaying it (and not passing parent's reference to constructor). However, don't make child's controls public - create set properties or methods instead.

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Thanks Everyone learned a bunch and used anarkis solution