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  • L led mike

    Gregory Bryant wrote:

    the first form is hiden using Form1.hide();

    Gregory Bryant wrote:

    open the original first form not a new object

    Form1.Show();

    led mike

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    i am trying to open the first form from the second that does not work i get an error An object reference is required but i dont want to creat a new object and i do not know how to get the orginal object from my second form

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      i am trying to open the first form from the second that does not work i get an error An object reference is required but i dont want to creat a new object and i do not know how to get the orginal object from my second form

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      led mike
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      Gregory Bryant wrote:

      and i do not know how to get the orginal object from my second form

      that's an Object Oriented Programming beginners issue. You need a C# book for beginners. Trying to learn programming fundamentals over the internet forums is not an efficient means of doing that.

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      • G Gregory Bryant

        in c# i created the first form as a login the second displays a buddy list once you login the first form is hiden using Form1.hide(); now on the second one i have a log out button that i want to close the second form and open the original first form not a new object i have everything done but reopening the first form. thank you if you can help

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        Pete OHanlon
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        I'm going to suggest that you use one of the design patterns here. One that I'm thinking might help is the Mediator pattern (have a look on Google to find it), but it basically looks like this:

        public class Mediator
        {
        private Form1 _loginForm;
        private Form2 _buddyForm;

        public Form2 BuddyForm
        {
        get
        {
        if (_buddyForm == null)
        _buddyForm = new Form2(this);
        return _buddyForm;
        }
        }
        public Form1 LoginForm
        {
        get
        {
        if (_loginForm == null)
        _loginForm = new Form1(this);
        return _loginForm;
        }
        }

        public void Logout()
        {
        LoginForm.Show();
        BuddyForm.Hide();
        }
        // You get the idea for the rest anyway...
        }

        public class Form1 : Form
        {
        private Mediator _mediator;
        public Form1(Mediator mediator)
        {
        _mediator = mediator;
        }

        // Some code to respond to a button for instance
        protected virtual void Login_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
        _mediator.ShowBuddy();
        }
        }

        public class Form2 : Form
        {
        private Mediator _mediator;
        public Form2(Mediator mediator)
        {
        _mediator = mediator;
        }

        // Some code to respond to a button for instance
        protected virtual void Logout_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
        _mediator.Logout();
        }
        }

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        • L led mike

          Gregory Bryant wrote:

          and i do not know how to get the orginal object from my second form

          that's an Object Oriented Programming beginners issue. You need a C# book for beginners. Trying to learn programming fundamentals over the internet forums is not an efficient means of doing that.

          led mike

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          Gregory Bryant
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          so in other words you dont know thanks lol

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            so in other words you dont know thanks lol

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            led mike
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            Gregory Bryant wrote:

            so in other words you dont know thanks lol

            Well if I were to decide to insult you in this context it would be because I do know how to do that and have known since about 1992. So what's your reason?

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            • G Gregory Bryant

              so in other words you dont know thanks lol

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              Pete OHanlon
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              Do you see that funky shaped icon beside his name? That means he does know - he's just not sure you're capable of this yourself.

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                Do you see that funky shaped icon beside his name? That means he does know - he's just not sure you're capable of this yourself.

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                Gregory Bryant
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                well the fuction he is trying to tell me to use is Visual basic function try it your self works fine in VB but not C++ or C# which i was asking about

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                  Do you see that funky shaped icon beside his name? That means he does know - he's just not sure you're capable of this yourself.

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                  Luc Pattyn
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                  which funky do you mean, AE or BE? if I'm getting insulted, at least let me know and prepare for a fearless riposte. :confused:

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                  • G Gregory Bryant

                    well the fuction he is trying to tell me to use is Visual basic function try it your self works fine in VB but not C++ or C# which i was asking about

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                    Pete OHanlon
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                    I hate to tell you this, but it's a method on the Form class, and does work in C#. I've used it often enough to recognise it.

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                    • G Gregory Bryant

                      well the fuction he is trying to tell me to use is Visual basic function try it your self works fine in VB but not C++ or C# which i was asking about

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                      led mike
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                      Wrong. I have a C# Windows Forms application that I executed that code in before I posted it to you. I am trying hard not to insult you ( no comments needed from you Pete :-D ), I really mean it sincerely when I suggest you need to use a beginners book. There is nothing wrong with that, I still have shelves of them at home from when I started and I still have to look things up in them almost 20 years later! :laugh: It's a never ending experience learning about development but we really need a foundation to work from.

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                        which funky do you mean, AE or BE? if I'm getting insulted, at least let me know and prepare for a fearless riposte. :confused:

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                        Pete OHanlon
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                        Funky as in classy shaped icon. No insults there - just 3 MVPs chewing the fat.

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                        • L led mike

                          Wrong. I have a C# Windows Forms application that I executed that code in before I posted it to you. I am trying hard not to insult you ( no comments needed from you Pete :-D ), I really mean it sincerely when I suggest you need to use a beginners book. There is nothing wrong with that, I still have shelves of them at home from when I started and I still have to look things up in them almost 20 years later! :laugh: It's a never ending experience learning about development but we really need a foundation to work from.

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                          Pete OHanlon
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                          led mike wrote:

                          I am trying hard not to insult you ( no comments needed from you Pete ),

                          Moi? Little ole moi? Would I...?

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                            Funky as in classy shaped icon. No insults there - just 3 MVPs chewing the fat.

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                            Luc Pattyn
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                            Which leads to another question: did/does CP ever explain what MVP stands for? it could be many things, Most Vertical Primate being one of them. :)

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                            • L Luc Pattyn

                              Which leads to another question: did/does CP ever explain what MVP stands for? it could be many things, Most Vertical Primate being one of them. :)

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                              led mike
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                              Luc Pattyn wrote:

                              did/does CP ever explain what MVP stands for?

                              I don't know about yours but my award stands for Most Valuable Puke. I wanted Most Valuable Cookie Tosser but Chris said John Simmons already had that.

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                                Which leads to another question: did/does CP ever explain what MVP stands for? it could be many things, Most Vertical Primate being one of them. :)

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                                Pete OHanlon
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                                I'd like to think it's Most Valuable Professional, but in my case it could be Madly Vocal Pessimist.

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                                  Luc Pattyn wrote:

                                  did/does CP ever explain what MVP stands for?

                                  I don't know about yours but my award stands for Most Valuable Puke. I wanted Most Valuable Cookie Tosser but Chris said John Simmons already had that.

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                                  Luc Pattyn
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                                  it seems to me we need another editable column in the database, so we can personalize this. And in a couple of weeks the friday quiz question: given 40 MVP names and 40 titles, who is who? :)

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                                    I'd like to think it's Most Valuable Professional, but in my case it could be Madly Vocal Pessimist.

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                                    Luc Pattyn
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                                    I didn't see you as a pessimist :doh:

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                                      so in other words you dont know thanks lol

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                                      Paul Conrad
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                                      No. He is telling you to get a book and learn.

                                      "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon

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                                      • G Gregory Bryant

                                        well the fuction he is trying to tell me to use is Visual basic function try it your self works fine in VB but not C++ or C# which i was asking about

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                                        Paul Conrad
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                                        The Show method works just fine in both C++.NET and C#. I use it every day :rolleyes:

                                        "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon

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                                        • G Gregory Bryant

                                          so in other words you dont know thanks lol

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                                          Colin Angus Mackay
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                                          Gregory Bryant wrote:

                                          so in other words you dont know

                                          Look at the icon, man! He's an MVP, dude!

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