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Help communicating betwwen Windows Forms
Topic Started: Nov 5 2009, 11:05 AM (133 Views)
ZapTap	Nov 5 2009, 11:05 AM Post #1
Want to talk? My inbox is always open :D Posts: 536 Group: Members Member #146,736 Joined: February 9, 2007 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3	I have two forms in a project, one to set up the game, and one to play the game. The problem is, when the second form opens it is supposed to read which radio button is selected in the first form, but I can't get it to work. I set it up so when the user clicks on the radio button it changes the text of a hidden label within Form1, but my second form always reads that this label's text is set to whichever statement is the first option in the if statement of the function, so when I switch which number is in the main If.. Then with one of the number checked for within an Elseif.. Then, it will always say true on the If.. Then, no matter what the value. Here's my function in form2: Code: Function FindNumColors() Dim frmSetup As New Form1 If (frmSetup.lblNumColors.Text = 3) Then Return 3 strColor1 = frmSetup.txtColor1.Text strColor2 = frmSetup.txtColor2.Text strColor3 = frmSetup.txtColor3.Text ElseIf (frmSetup.lblNumColors.Text = 4) Then Return 4 strColor1 = frmSetup.txtColor1.Text strColor2 = frmSetup.txtColor2.Text strColor3 = frmSetup.txtColor3.Text strColor4 = frmSetup.txtColor4.Text ElseIf (frmSetup.lblNumColors.Text = 5) Then Return 5 strColor1 = frmSetup.txtColor1.Text strColor2 = frmSetup.txtColor2.Text strColor3 = frmSetup.txtColor3.Text strColor4 = frmSetup.txtColor4.Text strColor5 = frmSetup.txtColor5.Text End If End Function EDIT: this is in VB .NET 2003 Edited by ZapTap, Nov 5 2009, 11:05 AM.



Chris	Nov 5 2009, 05:54 PM Post #2
Member Posts: 1,354 Group: Members Member #64,008 Joined: August 7, 2005 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3 My Board URL http://s1.zetaboards.com/Chris_Codes/	Try adding the project name before the form name. Ex: Project name is MMORPG If (MMORPG.frmSetup.lblNumColors.Text = 5) Also.. I think you're supposed to use two equal signs. I can't remember. xD



ZapTap	Nov 5 2009, 09:21 PM Post #3
Want to talk? My inbox is always open :D Posts: 536 Group: Members Member #146,736 Joined: February 9, 2007 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3	Chris Nov 5 2009, 05:54 PM Try adding the project name before the form name. Ex: Project name is MMORPG If (MMORPG.frmSetup.lblNumColors.Text = 5) Also.. I think you're supposed to use two equal signs. I can't remember. xD nope, that comes up with a build error... and the double == is in C++, which I would be using if I could do anything but if statements and/or I didn't have VB .NET class at school xD



Chris	Nov 5 2009, 09:26 PM Post #4
Member Posts: 1,354 Group: Members Member #64,008 Joined: August 7, 2005 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3 My Board URL http://s1.zetaboards.com/Chris_Codes/	Just incase: I don't just mean what you named the file. You have to click the My Project part in the area where you find all the forms listed; there should be a property for "Name" like the one that each form has. If that isn't the problem I'm not sure what is :S EDIT: Maybe it's because you are re-dimming the window that you want to communicate with. Code: `Dim frmSetup As New Form1` Edited by Chris, Nov 5 2009, 09:28 PM.



ZapTap	Nov 6 2009, 10:03 AM Post #5
Want to talk? My inbox is always open :D Posts: 536 Group: Members Member #146,736 Joined: February 9, 2007 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3	I can't seem to find the "My Projects" area you're talking about, did you mean the name you type in when you create the project? That came up with a syntax error... and I tried removing that dim statement and making it global, but it still did the same thing. When I set breakpoints and tested it the other day, it would always fire on the first condition in the if statement, regardless of the true value



Chris	Nov 6 2009, 04:21 PM Post #6
Member Posts: 1,354 Group: Members Member #64,008 Joined: August 7, 2005 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3 My Board URL http://s1.zetaboards.com/Chris_Codes/	In the Solution Explorer frame there is a part called "My Project" Double click that; a new tab should open. Look for "Root Namespace" Edited by Chris, Nov 6 2009, 04:22 PM.



ZapTap	Nov 6 2009, 08:51 PM Post #7
Want to talk? My inbox is always open :D Posts: 536 Group: Members Member #146,736 Joined: February 9, 2007 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3	Oh, yeah, that is the same as what I had tried, and it gave me a syntax error. I decided to do it a bit differently, by having a separate form for each layout, and using an if stateent within the setup form to decided which layout, eliminating the above problem. However, due to security issues on the school computers, I have to find a way to force it to close the setup form, as I had to used Me.Hide() so that the variable could be read by the game form. I think I can just make it pop back up and tie it in with a win count or something along those lines. Hopefully this will work once I get all my score counted sorted out.



ZapTap	Nov 13 2009, 10:40 AM Post #8
Want to talk? My inbox is always open :D Posts: 536 Group: Members Member #146,736 Joined: February 9, 2007 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3	I'm having another problem now.. I have it set up so the user can pick the colors they want to use in the setup form, and when the game form opens, it sets the variables as the colors they chose, but it seems to not read what the current value is in the label storing the chosen colors name on the setup form, it reads the default value, and so the user can't choose their colors. Any idea why? Edited by ZapTap, Nov 20 2009, 10:13 PM.



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