Accessing a control from a separate class

JF2015

Hi at all, on my Windows Form i have some Controls whose properties need to be changed by another class that is not derived from the Forms class. How can this be achieved? (is it possible at all?) For example: public class Form : System.Windows.Forms.Form { ... public System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripStatusLabel tlStrpStatusLblState; ... } public class PB_OPC { public static void OnServerShutdown(string reason) { Form.tlStrpStatusLblState.Text = "OPC Server Not Connected"; } } I originally thought that would be possible by changing the "modifiers" Attribute to "Public", but it didn't help. Thanks for your efforts

fang_eric

try it as "public static",it will work well. but it's not the best sovlution.

JF2015

Hi, thanks a lot, it really did help, but i truly agree that this isn't the best solution. What about the programming style in OOP? Is it a bad habit to access a control from a separate class? I just wondered if there's an alternative.

Martin 0

Hello,

JF2015 wrote:

Is it a bad habit to access a control from a separate class?

Yes, it is! Couse in most cases you only need a property of this control! Look at this Article from Colin Angus Mackay: http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/passingvaluesbetweenforms.asp[^] Hope it helps! All the best, Martin

Colin Angus Mackay

Thanks for the link. :-D

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Martin 0

Yes, I thought a beginner like you can profit from that article! :-D:laugh:;)

Colin Angus Mackay

:laugh: Yes, I sure did. :cool:

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