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How to Acces to a Mainform ?

Rainer Kempf, RK — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:25:06 GMT

Hello ,

I hope somebody can help me.

How can i acess to a mainform which is added over InitApplication in AppMain ?

e.Forms.Add(GetType(MKSApplication.MKSBaseApplicationFormWithNB))

I need a Reference to this form.

thanks

Rainer

RE: How to Acces to a Mainform ?

Greg McGuffey — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:25:06 GMT

Not sure why a CType would work instead of a DirectCast (CType calls DirectCast internally if I remember correctly), but I'm glad you got it working.

RE: How to Acces to a Mainform ?

Rainer Kempf, RK — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:01:08 GMT

Hello Greg

Thanks for your help

I solved prolem over a Ctype

thanks

Rainer

RE: How to Acces to a Mainform ?

Rainer Kempf, RK — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:55:22 GMT

Hello Greg

Sorry but it seems i am to stupid to completly understand.

i did following :

e.Forms.Add(GetType(MKS.Application.MKSBAseApplicationFormWithNB))

Dim LoMyForm As MKS.Application.MKSBAseApplicationFormWithNB
LoMyForm = DirectCast(StrataFrameApplication.MainForm, MKS.Application.MKSBAseApplicationFormWithNB)

And if i try to access to MyLoForm i see nothing.

But in MKSBAseApplicationFormWithNB exist Public properties like pmks_load_ribbonbar

But i can't see this property after casting.

So what i made wrong ?

thanks for your patience and help

Rainer

RE: How to Acces to a Mainform ?

Greg McGuffey — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:40:30 GMT

You'll need to cast the MainForm to you're type:

VB.NET
[codesnippet]DirectCast(StrataFrameApplication.MainForm,MKSApplication.MKSBaseApplicationFormWithNB)[/codesnippet]

C#
[codesnippet](MKSApplication.MKSBaseApplicationFormWithNB) StrataFrameApplication.MainForm;[/codesnippet]

RE: How to Acces to a Mainform ?

Rainer Kempf, RK — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:33:52 GMT

Hello Greg,

Thank you for your anwser, but problem not solved in this way.

.Forms.Add(GetType(MKSApplication.MKSBaseApplicationFormWithNB))

I had a baseclass of MKSApplication.MKSBaseApplicationFormWithNB

in this Baseclass i had a lot of public Properties on which i want to access.

So when i try to access to Strataframe.application.mainform i can't see this properties.

How to handel this ?

thanks

Rainer

RE: How to Acces to a Mainform ?

Greg McGuffey — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:44:44 GMT

I believe it is:

[codesnippet]StrataFrameApplication.MainForm[/codesnippet]

If you need access to something specific on that form, you'll need to do a cast, as this property is just a standard windows form.