Question

So here is my problem…

I have form 1, in which I am opening MS Access file which display the content into my multiline textbox on form 1. In form 2, I am adding an entry to the file. Now, how can I read new version of the file and display the content into my textbox on form 1?

What’s the easy way of doing it?

I was thinking of somehow activating a button, button that reads and display the content of the file, on form 1 from form 2 just to re-read the file and display it again. But I’m not fully sure if that’s possible…

What’s the right way of doing it?

Answer 1

You can use FileSystemWatcher in Form1 to watch the Access file, every time when Form2 update that file, it will reload Form1.

HTH.