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How to Pass String to another forms from one form in c#

C# Query : When I login to my software I select the desired username using combobox. After I login, I want to see the username text in the main window on the toolstrip.

I tried get and set method but something is going wrong. Can you please help me out? Thanks in advance.

Form 1:

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

    public string username
    {
        get{
            return a.ToString();}
    }

    public string a;

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        a = comboBox1.Text;
        Form main1 = new main();
        main1.Show();
     // rest is the code for login.
    }
}

Form 2:

public partial class main : Form
{
    public main()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }
    public string username
    {
        set { toolStripLabel1.Text = value; }
    }
    private void main_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Form home = new home();
        home.MdiParent = this;
        home.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized;
        home.Show();
    }
}

Here Home is form3 a childform which opens in Main form. at load event of Main form itself.

Answer 1

Replace the main_Load code with this:

private void main_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    login home = new login();
    home.MdiParent = this;
    home.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized;
    home.ShowDialog(); // waits for the home form to be closed

    this.username = home.username;
}