Question

this is the topic connection for get user input in form 2 and display data in form 1.

This is my code in form2.

public string UserText
    {
        get 
        { 
            return this.textBox1.Text; 
        }
        set 
        {
            this.UserText = value;
        }
    }

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {


        if (textBox1.Text == "")
        {
            MessageBox.Show("Please enter keyword to search");
        }
        else 
        {
            //anta data input to form1.
            UserText = textBox1.Text;
        }

and this is my code in form1

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Form2 form2 = new Form2();
        form2.ShowDialog();

        string text = form2.UserText;
    }

i want when we click on button search, it will automatically display the data when we load the form1.

when i run, it says at the setter:

make sure you do not have an infinite loop or infinite recursion.

why it says that?what did i do wrong?

i also had tried did.

public string UserText
    {
        get 
        { 
            return this.UserText; 
        }
        set 
        {
            this.UserText = value;
        }
    }

but it appears the same.

====EDIT====
now im trying to use this:

public string UserText
{
    get 
    { 
        return this.textBox1.Text; 
    }
    set 
    {
        this.textBox1.Text = value;
    }
}

also i tried this:

public string UserText { get; set;}

it does not show the error however, it also does not load the form1. the operation just stops there. is there anything i have done it wrong?

Answer 1

if you are using C# 4

public string UserText {get;set;}

you have to put the Form2 in the Form1 Constructor

    public Form1()
    {
        this.InitializeComponent();

    Form2 form2 = new Form2();
    form2.ShowDialog();

    string text = form2.UserText;
    }

this will happend before the Form1 is shown