Question

I have two forms named form1 and form2:

• form1 is made of a label and a button.
• form2 is made of a textBox and a button

When I click the form1 button, this will show up form2. Any inputs in textBox should be written back to form1.label once I hit the button in form2.
I have the code below but it doesn’t work.

// Code from Form 1
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public void PassValue(string strValue)
    {
        label1.Text = strValue;
    }
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }
    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Form2 objForm2 = new Form2();
        objForm2.Show();
    }

}

// Code From Form 2

public partial class Form2 : Form
{
    public Form2()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Form1 objForm1 = new Form1();
        objForm1.PassValue(textBox1.Text);
        this.Close();
    }
}

And a screenshot:

How can I realize that?

Answer 1

You don’t access your form1, from which you created form2. In form2 button1_Click you create new instance of Form1, which is not the same as initial. You may pass your form1 instance to form2 constructor like that:

   // Code from Form 1
 public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public void PassValue(string strValue)
    {
        label1.Text = strValue;
    }
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }
    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Form2 objForm2 = new Form2(this);
        objForm2.Show();
    }

}

// Code From Form 2

public partial class Form2 : Form
{
    Form1 ownerForm = null;

    public Form2(Form1 ownerForm)
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        this.ownerForm = ownerForm;
    }

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {       
        this.ownerForm.PassValue(textBox1.Text);
        this.Close();
    }
}