Quick question about classes in VB.NET
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Does anybody know how to bounce data between two unrelated classes? I know you can call subroutines in the derived class from the base class, but im not sure how to go the other way. To be more specific, I'm trying to change a property on a control in one form from another. Please help :confused: Scientist have pondered for thousands of years, "What came first? The CodeChicken or the egg?".
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Does anybody know how to bounce data between two unrelated classes? I know you can call subroutines in the derived class from the base class, but im not sure how to go the other way. To be more specific, I'm trying to change a property on a control in one form from another. Please help :confused: Scientist have pondered for thousands of years, "What came first? The CodeChicken or the egg?".
Just thought I'd let everybody know that I figured this out and this is how I did it. For instance, if form1 spawns a new class called class1, you dimension a reference to the form inside the class with this code:
public formlink as form1 = form1.activeformAfter you've done this, you can call anything from form1 using formlink. For instance to add to a listbox on form1 from class1 you would use this code:formlink.listbox1.items.add("hello world")I hope this helps anyone else that is trying to pass data between forms. I know it was easier in vb6, but now that forms are classes, it makes it much more confusing. Thanx for reading :-D Scientist have pondered for thousands of years, "What came first? The CodeChicken or the egg?". -
Just thought I'd let everybody know that I figured this out and this is how I did it. For instance, if form1 spawns a new class called class1, you dimension a reference to the form inside the class with this code:
public formlink as form1 = form1.activeformAfter you've done this, you can call anything from form1 using formlink. For instance to add to a listbox on form1 from class1 you would use this code:formlink.listbox1.items.add("hello world")I hope this helps anyone else that is trying to pass data between forms. I know it was easier in vb6, but now that forms are classes, it makes it much more confusing. Thanx for reading :-D Scientist have pondered for thousands of years, "What came first? The CodeChicken or the egg?".