Passing strings from one Form to another in Visual Basic Express 2008?

FPForum · 02-06-2010, 12:14 PM

I am using a TextBox control on one form to accept a directory name and trying to use it on a second form to find the number of files in that directory

(filecnt = My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles(Form1.txtLocallyAr chivedJpg). I receive the following error whenever I try and use the directory entered in the TextBox “Value of type 'System.Windows.Forms.TextBox' cannot be converted to 'String'”

How can I get rid of this error?

sdsinc · 02-06-2010, 05:45 PM

It would be good that you post some code.

Assuming that in the second form you already have a reference set to Form1 you could get the value of the string entered in the textbox like this (in Form2)

Code:

filecnt = Form1.txtDirectory.Text

where txtDirectory is the textbox name
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/programming/638337-passing-strings-one-form-another-visual.html

A better way would consist in passing the string as a parameter to Form2 using Overload methods.
Example: How To Pass Data Between Forms in VB.NET

FPForum · 02-08-2010, 07:15 PM

Got it figured out sds! Thanks

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sdsinc Domains my Dominion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Web 1.0 Posts: 9,558	It would be good that you post some code. Assuming that in the second form you already have a reference set to Form1 you could get the value of the string entered in the textbox like this (in Form2) Code: filecnt = Form1.txtDirectory.Text where txtDirectory is the textbox name ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/programming/638337-passing-strings-one-form-another-visual.html A better way would consist in passing the string as a parameter to Form2 using Overload methods. Example: How To Pass Data Between Forms in VB.NET __________________ NameNewsletter.com - free lists of available domain names ZoneFiles.net (beta) - ccTLD and gTLD droplists

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