Passing string values from one form to another

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Passing variable between winforms

I have two forms one called Form1 the other called TicTacToeMainMenu.

In TicTacToeMainMenu I have created two variables

string Player1;
string Player2;

I have assigned two text fields to both variables.

pvpPl1.Text = Player1;
pvpPl2.Text = Player2;

I would like to grab the string values from TicTacToeMainMenu and use them in another form, Form1 how would I do this?

you could just pass the values over the constructor of Form1 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4247807/passing-variable-between-winforms — Prabhu Murthy, Jan 20 '13 at 03:00
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/280579/how-do-i-pass-a-value-from-a-child-back-to-the-parent-form — Mitch Wheat, Jan 20 '13 at 03:00
From your question, I immediately assumed both forms are showing when you want this to occur. Is this assumption correct? — Tebc, Jan 20 '13 at 03:13

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 20 '13 at 03:09

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If you are instantiating form1 from the TicTacToeMainMenu form, then you can pass the variable into the constructor of Form1:

public string Player1 { get; set; }
public string Player2 { get; set; }
public Form1(string player1, string player2)
{

    InitializeComponent();

    this.Player1 = player1;
    this.Player2 = player2;

}

Then to call it, you simply:

Form1 f = new Form1(Player1, Player2);
f.ShowDialog();

answered Jan 20 '13 at 03:09

John Koerner

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You can't then design the form in the Visual Studio designer. Not everyone cares about that, but I thought I'd point it out anyway. The alternative is to have properties that are intended to be set during form initialization. – siride Jan 20 '13 at 04:30
@siride True, but you could leave a default constructor in there as well if you wanted. – John Koerner Jan 20 '13 at 04:34

Passing string values from one form to another

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