I'm sure this is a really easy thing to do but I cannot get it to work.
I have declared functions and constants as public in my main form but these cannot be seen by other forms in the application. Could there be something simple I'm missing as everywhere I've searched just states - if the objects are delared public then they will be available for use in other forms
All help appreciated.
Sharing Functions and constants between forms in an application
Mansoor Adnan Ali
Was the class also marked a public.
arkiboys
Adding shared didn't help (in fact it won't let me share a constant)
But moving the declarations and functions into a module made all the difference, they can now all be seen by the child forms (and the main form). Many thanks for your help
ruleDWorld
fdc2005
ReneeC
Arran Siu
You would have to reference the constant through the form name (as Nobugz demonstrated in the example), for example:
Form1.FunctionName
If you don't want to use the reference 'Form1' to everything, you can 'import' the class into another form, class, etc. by putting the following at the top of that module:
Imports Form1
You can then reference the function(s) and constants on that form directly.
(however, I wouldn't do this for a form, unless you are extending the functionality of the form: it would be better to choose a class or module as appropriate for encapsulation purposes).
If it's not working correctly, you are possibly doing something that we are not aware of.
zd84
Public Class Form1
Public Const pi As Double = 3.14
Public Shared Function WhoIz() As String
Return "nobugz"
End Function
End Class
Public Class Test
Sub Sample()
Dim d As Double = Form1.pi
Dim s As String = Form1.WhoIz
End Sub
End Class
Using the constant "pi" generates a warning, that looks like a compiler bug to me. If this is what you want to do, put your declarations in a Module instead of a form.