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Leo - 29 Mar 2005 00:29 GMT

I have a basic question about how do you change the information on a Form
from another Form, not a dialog.

Example: I have a MDIform which is the startup form for the project. I
call a child form to put in setup information which is written to the
Registry. As a result I need to update the Text (Title) of the MDIForm and a
StatusBar Panel(0) which is also on the MDIFORM. In VB6 this was easy.

I has tried using classes but can not seem to get it to work. I can pass to
a new instance but not to the current instance.

Help

Leo

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tobiwan_kenobi - 29 Mar 2005 02:21 GMT

You set the mdiparent of the child form to the mdi. So, to change the title
you do this:

me.mdiparent.text = "New Title"

You can access the status bar the same way.

> I have a basic question about how do you change the information on a Form
> from another Form, not a dialog.
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> Leo

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Leo - 29 Mar 2005 17:09 GMT

Thanks for the response. The reference to me.mdiparent.text works just fine,
but the StatusBar Control does not readily show itself. It is part of the
controls collection and I can reference it by me.mdiparent.controls(1), but I
can not set any of the panels properties (StatusBar1.Panels(0).Text

> You set the mdiparent of the child form to the mdi. So, to change the title
> you do this:
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tobiwan_kenobi - 04 Apr 2005 19:33 GMT

Create a property in the MDI that exposes the statusbar. Then you can have
your way with it.

> Thanks for the response. The reference to me.mdiparent.text works just fine,
> but the StatusBar Control does not readily show itself. It is part of the
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Leo - 05 Apr 2005 00:55 GMT

Thanks. Will do.

Leo

> Create a property in the MDI that exposes the statusbar. Then you can have
> your way with it.
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