Send data from one Win form to another

[optimus1]

Hi,

I made a secondary form named Form2 for my application in which the user can specify a Picture, Color and Text.

Now, on this Form2, after the user presses OK button, I want to send the the particulars to Form 1 and open it up.
For eg: If the user sets the color=Red, Picture=Img.gif, Text=Hi on Form2,
then the TextBox on Form1 should display Hi in red color and a picture in the PicBox in Form1.

How is the data sent form one form to another?

[Nick Darlow]

See the documentation for System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...iledialog.aspx). A file dialog is used in the way you describe. It is instantiated, displayed, the user performs some action and the result is retrieved from the dialog by the calling code using public properties of the dialog. Make picture, colour and text public properties on Form2. Set them appropriately in the OK handler and then read them from Form1.

[Arjay]

Do you want to do this the simplest way or would you like an approach that will carry forward to WPF?

[CodeGuru12]

Arjay, can you provide a working example, or a link to one?

This is still something I haven't mastered.

[Arjay]

Arjay, can you provide a working example, or a link to one?

This is still something I haven't mastered.

Which approach are you looking for?

[CodeGuru12]

I guess examples of proper ways to share data between forms in a winforms application.

I've seen people provide solutions, but no real world examples.

[CodeGuru12]

Can't edit my post. .. but wanted to also say Thanks!

[robertrock]

I think the OP wanted to know how to pass data from form to form, not a OpenFileDialog.

Here is a link with 4 methods:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/pas...een_forms.aspx