How do i pass control to another form in a button click event
Hi I am new to windows forms. How do I pass control to anohter from in a buttons click event.
eg
When you click on a button located on form 1. It then shows form 2.
how do you do this.
Thanks
MigrationUser 1 Friday, June 04, 2004 12:11 PM
Dozens of ways to do this here are two.
REALLY Easy Way Place a button on form 1 In the click event put the code m_Form2.Controls.Add(this.button1);
Done Next
Place a public method on form 2 something like this
public void InsertControl(Control c) { this.Controls.Add(c); c.Visible = true; }
then on form 1 place a button. On the click event of the button put the code.
m_Form2.InsertControl(this.button1);
the button shoots to form 2 and is gone from form 1. Probably missing some cleanup, but you get the picture. The second could be useful to send anything to form 2.
MigrationUser 1 Friday, June 04, 2004 5:26 PM
In the click event, instantiate the form and then show it. That will automatically pass control to the new form.
Example: public void HandleClick(object sender, EventArgs e) { Form2 f = new Form2(); f.Show(); }
Hope this helps.
-Ari
MigrationUser 1 Friday, June 04, 2004 9:59 PM
Thanks I have got that to work. But the problem now is that form 1 is still visible when form2 opens.
How can I make form2 open in the same location as form1 and form1 dissapear.
So eg like what you see in a nomal app setup. Enter data on one form click next and then another form opens so you can enter data in and then so on.
MigrationUser 1 Saturday, June 05, 2004 10:22 AM
OOPS I thought you wanted something else. I thought you wanted to pass "A" cotrol not control. :)