C# WinsForm Help.. Displaying text C#

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Hi guys..
so I have 2 forms in my project appropriately named form1 and form2.

form1 contains a button.
form2 contains a textbox.

My question is how do i get to display text to the textbox in form 2 from form 1?

for example when the button in form1 is clicked , i would it to display a text such as "hi" in the textbox that is in form2.

hope this makes sense and thank you for your time.

Abz

Posted 14-Jul-13 13:57pm

1Future

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[no name] 14-Jul-13 20:01pm

Well that is going to depend on how you are instantiating form 2. If you are instantiating form 2 on the button click then simply pass the text to form 2 through its constructor.

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berrymaria · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-14T14:15:00

Solution 1

On your Form1 add an event on your button which calls the Form2

C#

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Form2 form2 = new Form2("Hi");
    form2.ShowDialog();

}

On your Form2 add a constructor that will accept a string, that will output in your textbox

C#

public Form2(string text)
{
    InitializeComponent();
    textBox1.Text = text;
}

Posted 14-Jul-13 14:15pm

berrymaria

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1Future 14-Jul-13 20:23pm

thank you!

berrymaria 14-Jul-13 20:27pm

your welcome :)