Passing parameter between forms

[Olodu]

Hi,

I am a VB.NET newbie. I am trying to develop a simple VB.NET application using VS 2005 and MS Access. I need help in trying to pass parameter between forms.

My first form has a combobox which dynamically retrieves an item ID from the access database. When the user selects an Item ID, I want to populate a datagrid in the second form based on the ID selected.

I have search all over the web for a simple example of how to accomplish this. This site is now my only hope. Can anybody help me?

Thank you in advance

 

[ManicCW]

Set combo modifier property to Friend and access it from second form like:

MyFirstForm.MyCombo.SelectedValue

 

[Paszt]

There are many different ways to do this, the best depends on the app architecture. Here is an good article describing several different techniques: Multiple Forms in VB.NET. Part 1. Be sure to read all 3 parts of the article to get a good understanding.

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

you can always make your own show method accepting the parameters that you need, and when you're done with your code simply use 'Me.Show' to actually show the form

i do this with the .ShowDialog() method

 

[jmcilhinney]

I would consider declaring a constructor with arguments preferable to declaring a Show method with arguments.