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How to access other form's methods and property from Main MDI parent

Edhy Rijo — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:51:02 GMT

Hi all,

I have an MDI parent form with some controls, I need to access another opened form's methods from the main form, but I don't know how. I would need to test if that 2nd form is opened then call its methods and refresh it. How can this be done?

Please some sample code if possible.

Thanks!

RE: How to access other form's methods and property from Main MDI parent

Edhy Rijo — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:51:02 GMT

Thanks Trent.

RE: How to access other form's methods and property from Main MDI parent

Trent L. Taylor — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:20:01 GMT

I wouldn't use the name but rather test on the type:

[codesnippet]If loForm.GetType() Is GetType(MyFormType) Then
'---
End If[/codesnippet]

But other than that, the MDIChildren should work fine.

RE: How to access other form's methods and property from Main MDI parent

Edhy Rijo — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:29:31 GMT

Humm, I found a way to access the 2nd form's methods like this:

[quote][codesnippet]

'-- Loop through all MDIChildren forms and when found the one we need,

'-- use CType() to get access to its custom public methods.

For Each loForm As Form In Me.MdiChildren

If loForm.Name = "frmCallMonitor" Then

CType(loForm, frmCallMonitor).CheckUncheckCallsInList() ' This is a Public custom method in that form.

Exit For

End If

[/codesnippet][/quote]

So far this work, but I am not sure if there is a better way than looping all the MdiChildren collection.