How do I detect when a button is pressed on a sperate form

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In my first form, I have four buttons. 2 of them are disabled when the program starts. In form2 I want the 2 disabled buttons to be enabled when I press a button in Form2.

What I have tried:

I have tried using
If Form2.FinishButton_Click = True Then
PrintButton.Enabled = True
SendButton.Enabled = True
End If

Posted 12-Jul-18 9:17am

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Updated 29-Aug-18 21:09pm

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[no name] 12-Jul-18 15:35pm

You need a "reference" to the second form.

With what you've shown, no one can tell what you are doing.

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CaseBody · Answer 1 · 2018-08-29T04:49:00

Solution 2

On the form with FinishButton:

VB

Private Sub FinishButton_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles FinishButton.Click

VB

Form1.PrintButton.Enabled = True
Form1.SendButton.Enabled = True
End Sub

Replace "Form1" with the name of the form of PrintButton & SendButton

Posted 29-Aug-18 4:49am

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a.mohamedyasin · Answer 2 · 2018-08-29T21:10:00

'In first form you have to send the form1 in Form2.tag property like below

Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
              Dim frm2 As New Form2
              frm2.Tag = Me
              frm2.Show()
  End Sub

'Below codes are in Form2

Private frmlog As Form

   Private Sub Form2_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
       If Not IsNothing(Me.Tag) Then
           Frm1 = DirectCast(Me.Tag, Form)
           Frm1.Hide()

       End If
   End Sub

'Below codes are in Form2

Private Sub Button2_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
         Form1.button1.Enabled = True
         Form1.button2.Enabled = True
  End Sub

'don't forget to accept answer if you got solution

Ralf Meier · Answer 3 · 2018-07-12T11:22:00

Solution 1

Your Code is nonsense as it's shown ...

What you have to do is :
Catch the FinishButton.Click-Event on Form2 (with a method).
Inside this method you can set the 'Form1.PrintButton.Enabled = True' and also the 'Form1.SendButton.Enabled = True'

Posted 12-Jul-18 11:22am

Ralf Meier