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Jim - 12 Nov 2003 20:56 GMT

Anyone know how to access a MDI's properties from a child
form? e.g. changing the value of a statusbar panel?

Thanks,

Jim

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Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook] - 12 Nov 2003 23:13 GMT

Jim,
I normally just cast the Form.MdiParent property of the child to the class
that is the Mdi Container, then access the methods or properties from there.

Hope this helps
Jay

> Anyone know how to access a MDI's properties from a child
> form? e.g. changing the value of a statusbar panel?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim

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Jim - 13 Nov 2003 20:55 GMT

Thanks Jay!

Jim

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Joe Fallon - 22 Nov 2003 05:34 GMT

In the Main form you can add this:

Private Shared mMain As Main

Public Shared Sub Status(ByVal Text As String)
mMain.pnlStatus.Text = Text
End Sub
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Your child form should call
Main.Status("Hey!")

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> Anyone know how to access a MDI's properties from a child
> form? e.g. changing the value of a statusbar panel?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim

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