Passing Values from one form to another

[jnavarro]

I have researched on passing values from one form to another, however I am unable to find what I am looking for.

I have a main form with information obtain from a SP with a parameter field. The second form is like a search form, which I want to fill in a field in my main form. My goal is to pass the value entered in the second form back to a textbox in the main form.

here is what i try to do and it is not working. When I step thru the code I see the field has changed however, the form does not update.


sub ...
Dim frmtemp As New Form1
frmtemp.TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text
Close()

 

[JohnYingling]

You created a NEW instance of Form1 and updated its TextBox1.
If you want to update an EXISTING instance of Form1 then you will have to use a reference to the existing instance. That means that the reference must be passed to the second form.

frmpassed.TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text
Close()

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[jnavarro]

I am a little confused. How would use the form without creating an instance?

 

[JohnYingling]

You must have specified Form1 as the Startup form. In that case, there was code generated somewhere that created an instance of Form1 and used the reference in an Application.Run call. There is no automatic "static" form1.

Try

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...con/html/vbtskretrievingdialoginformation.asp

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