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Get a reference to the start up form

I am currently creating and MDI application with vb.net in VS2010. I would like be able to reference the main start up form in sub windows without having to pass the referencein the constructor or some other method.

Since the main form is also the StartUp Form i was hoping there might be a way to get a reference to that form from the application object.

Does anyone know if there is a way to do this?

Thanks in advance..

Norman Maina

IN VB 2008

FrmChild.MdiParent=me 'thats if you are referncing if from a menu's click event.
FrmChild.show

or

Woeks in VB 2005

Dim frm as new frmChild
frm.MdiParent=me
frm.show

MRS

ASKER

i was looking for something a little more global then that. Through the course of the application i may need to reference that main form (start up form) from windows that aren't neccessarily child windows.

For instance if i open a dialog window. For the time being i wrote this, i was hoping for a more elegant solution.

   Public Function GetMainForm() As frmMain
        Try
            For Each frm As Form In My.Application.OpenForms
                If frm.GetType Is frmMain.GetType Then
                    Return frm
                End If
            Next
        Catch ex As Exception
            Throw
        End Try
    End Function

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MRS

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I never knew that... Well that was easy... :-)