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> Hello I have two forms which have components on them. On Screen1 I have
> a component which I want to update from Screen2. However, if I simply
> call the component from Screen2 it can't find it. If I create a new
> instance of Screen1 in Screen2 and then call the component using a
> reference, this works, but I end up with 2 Screen1's and the original
> screen is not updated since I am only updating the new instance of
> Screen1. How do I make the component available to Screen2? I changed the
> components access property to Public but this didn't seem to make any
> difference. Or can I stop the initial form from loading?
>
> I tried to add a Main module:
>
> Module Startup
>     Public scr1 As Screen1
>     Public scr2 As Screen2
>
>     Sub Main()
>         scr1 = New Screen1
>         scr2 = New Screen2
>         scr1.Activate()
>         scr1.Show()
>     End Sub
> End Module
>
> But this just partially loads the form then bombs out with no errors or
> anything.
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
>

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>You need to pass Screen2 the instance of Screen1 so that S2 knows where
>S1 is.
>
>Example:
>
>Class S2
>       Dim ptrS1 as S1
>       Sub New(Value as S1)
>               ptrS1 = Value
>       End Sub
>End Class
>
>Sub Main()
>    scr1 = New Screen1
>    scr2 = New Screen2(scr1)
>End Sub
>
>Now you will be able to act on S1 in S2.
>
>Chris

> In message <e8Hx6mEQFHA.***@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>, Chris <no@spam.com>
> writes
>
>>
>> You need to pass Screen2 the instance of Screen1 so that S2 knows
>> where S1 is.
>>
>> Example:
>>
>> Class S2
>>       Dim ptrS1 as S1
>>       Sub New(Value as S1)
>>               ptrS1 = Value
>>       End Sub
>> End Class
>>
>> Sub Main()
>>    scr1 = New Screen1
>>    scr2 = New Screen2(scr1)
>> End Sub
>>
>> Now you will be able to act on S1 in S2.
>>
>> Chris
>
>
> Thanks Chris. I still can't seem to load Screen1 properly though from
> Main. The window loads and vanishes. Originally when I was loading it
> straight from Screen1 it worked ok, using a form load event handler.
>
>

>In message <Ode9skFQFHA.1***@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>, Chris <no@spam.com>
>writes
>>>
>>
>>
>>This is because all your threads have exited.  You don't have any
>>message loops setup.  That is just a fancy way of saying you need to
>>use ShowDialog (a blocking call so your thread won't exit until the
>>form is closed) instead of Show.
>>
>>Chris
>
>Excellent thanks. That worked, although Screen2's components are
>complaining of a null reference. I would've thought that it would use
>the reference in Main? Anyway I'll work on it. Cheers.
>
>