Question

I have created a windows glass form that inherits from system.windows.forms.form and then I have placed it in a class library project.

I would now like to use this form in multiple other windows forms projects. How do I do this?

I have created a reference to the class library but I don’t know how to actually get the form.

Answer 1

It sounds like you want forms in your project to derive from your Glass Form from what I can tell.

Make sure that your GlassForm class is public; eg.

public class GlassForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
}

Now that you have verified it is public, for any form you wish to inherit from GlassForm, change the inherited class from Form to GlassForm. eg.

public class MyForm : Form
{
}

To

public class MyForm : YourClassLibraryNamespace.GlassForm
{
}

Your form will now derive from GlassForm and will act as such in the WinForm designer as well. If you just meant that you want to use the form in your project in a calling sense, you can do what Bob Horn stated.

using YourClassLibraryNamespace;

public class MyForm : Form
{
    public void ShowGlassFormModal() {
        using (GlassForm form = new GlassForm()) {
            form.ShowDialog();
        }
    }

    public void ShowGlassForm() {
        new GlassForm().Show();
    }
}