[RESOLVED] Progress bar on different form

[Nikel]

Hi, I'm having a very hard time setting up my forms so that I can modify a progress bar on one form from within it's parent load method. I'm using VS 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0

The Main form is opened, and from it's load method I open a Splash screen. I want it to have a progress bar that will be updated according to the Main forms loading progress.

I tried adding a public method UpdateProgress() to the splash, but I don't see the method from the main form.

public void UpdateProgress()
{
	LoadProgress.PerformStep();
}

--> Splash.UpdateProgress() does not exist

I tried adding an event so that I can update the progress raising events, but then again to do so I need to add a subscription method I can't see.

// On MainGUI form class:
public event ProgressHandler Progress;
public EventArgs e = null;
public delegate void ProgressHandler(MainGUI m, EventArgs e);

// On Splash form class:
public void Subscribe(MainGUI m)
{
	m.Progress += new MainGUI.ProgressHandler(UpdateProgress);
}

private void UpdateProgress(MainGUI m, EventArgs e)
{
	LoadProgress.PerformStep();
}

--> Splash.Subscribe(m) does not exist

I tried modifying the controls visibility to internal or public, but I don't see it from the main form.
--> Splash.LoadProgress does not exist

How can I track the form's loading progress on the other form? Can it really be that difficult???

Thanks in advance for any help! Cheers!

[DataMiser]

Where is the code that actually loads the splash form?

[Nikel]

That would be:

private void MainGUI_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
	Form Splash = new Forms.Splash();
	//Splash.Subscribe(this);
	Splash.Show();
	
	// Progress(this, e);

	...

	//while (Splash.Visible) { Application.DoEvents(); } // Wait for Splash screen to clear.
}

"Forms" is a Folder in my project where all the forms are grouped.

Nothing to do with what I'm asking, but just out of curiosity:
The last 'while' was intended to just show the splash for a few seconds and clear it after a timer timeout (or click, or keyup) event. Terrible way to do that, probably... any better suggestions?

Thanks!

[BigEd781]

Looks to me like you are trying to call instance methods as if they were static:

Splash.UpdateProgress() does not exist

Yet

Splash s = new Splash();
s.UpdateProgress();  // works fine

[Nikel]

Well, not sure if you meant what I just fixed, but the problem was that Splash was being declared as a generic "Form" object and not a Splash:Form object

	Form Splash = new Forms.Splash();

as oposed to

	Forms.Splash Splash = new Forms.Splash();

Since "Splash" is actually a form, it was not even warning'd. I guess I was looking at the problem from the wrong point of view =)

Thank you BigEd! Problem solved...

[BioPhysEngr]

Part of the confusion stems from the odd coding style you are using. In general, variables use camelCase while classes are written in PascalCase (thus your use of uppercase-starting "Splash" for your variable name led to confusion -- we thought you were talking about the class). It will make it easier for you to communicate with other programmers if you follow standard conventions.

See, for example: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brada/archiv...26/361363.aspx

Especially section 2.6 on Naming.