Question

When sending a value from a textbox in form2 to a listbox in form1,
I am getting a NullReferenceException error.

The handler code is:

public void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    ListBox LB = Application.OpenForms["Form1"].Controls["Project_list"] as ListBox;
    LB.Items.Add(Project_name.Text);           
}

What is going wrong in it?

Answer 1

Only for demo purposes… Check this code, set a breakpoint and see what happens.

public void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // i do assume there is a class Form1 within your project?!
    Form1 frm = (Form1) Application.OpenForms["Form1"];
    // look for Project_list within your Form1.Controls, true to search all childControls too
    Control[] ctrls = frm.Controls.Find("Project_list", true);
    if (ctrls.Length >0)
    {
        ListBox LB =  ctrls[0] as ListBox;
        if (LB!=null)
            LB.Items.Add(Project_name.Text);           
        else
            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Doooooh");
    }
}

This is just an example to see what’s wrong with your code!