Access parent form (protected friend/friend) variable in child form

14 Apr 2005 3:05 AM

Chad

Hey everyone,

Ok, I am very security consious with my application(s). I am currently
working on an application in which I want to create several "global"
variables available ONLY to my application, some will contain string values,
some will contain data sets. How can I do this (code or a link to working
code would be great!)

Here's the basic outline:

Parent Form:

Public Class frmMain
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
    Friend UserBaseRegPath As String
    Private Sub Main_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        UserBaseRegPath = "SOFTWARE\\Chad\\MyApplicationTitle"
    End Sub
End Class

Child Form:

Module MruListModule
    Private m_Form1 As New Form1
    Public Property Form1Ref() As Form1
        Get
            Return m_Form1
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As Form1)
            m_Form1 = Value
        End Set
    End Property
    Public Class ChildForm1
        Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
    Private Sub frmChildForm1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        MessageBox.Show("User Path: " & Form1Ref.UserBaseRegPath)
    End Sub
End Module

Thanks!

Chad

14 Apr 2005 11:26 AM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Chad" <ChadBeck***@ProspectiveLink.com> schrieb:
> UserBaseRegPath = "SOFTWARE\\Chad\\MyApplicationTitle"

This won't solve your problem, but it will correct a bug in your code:
Replace the double backslashes with single backslashes in the registry paths
above.

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