How to send data from Form2 to Form1 into the Form1 TextBox when the button is clicked in VB.NET?

Question

I am trying to send data from Form2 to Form1 but it doesn't work. I will just show the image so that you could understand what the problem is all about.

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The problem here is it doesn't work all. I cannot send the data to the Form1. How to make it work?

Here's the VB code for AddLesseeForm class

Public Class AddLesseeForm 'Form2

    'This is the Select Button
    Public Sub Button4_SelectLessee_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button4_SelectLessee.Click

        'Send data to AddData Form. The problem is it doesn't work
        Dim OBJ As New AddData

        OBJ.LesseeId = TextBox1_LesseeID.Text
        OBJ.LesseeName = TextBox2_LesseeName.Text

    End Sub
End Class

VB code for AddData class

Public Class AddData 'Form1

    Private Sub Button1_AddLesseeForm_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1_AddLesseeForm.Click
        AddLesseeForm.Show()

    End Sub

    Public Property LesseeId As String
    Public Property LesseeName As String


    Public Sub AddData_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

       'Receive data from AddLesseeForm
        TextBox1_LesseeId.Text = LesseeId
        TextBox2_LesseeNm.Text = LesseeName
    End Sub
End Class

Answer 1

you do not need to create an object of AddData , in VB.Net you can call with only name of Form, like that :

Public Sub Button4_SelectLessee_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button4_SelectLessee.Click

        AddData.LesseeId = TextBox1_LesseeID.Text
        AddData.LesseeName = TextBox2_LesseeName.Text
        AddData.UpdateData()
End Sub

and you can create a method for update data in TextBox in AddData Form like this :

Public Sub UpdateData()
    TextBox1_LesseeId.Text = LesseeId
    TextBox2_LesseeNm.Text = LesseeName
End Sub

Answer 2

First of all, setting your LesseeId and LesseeName properties won't update anything. Just because you're assigning them to somethig in the Form Load event it doesn't mean that they are bound to those controls.

Secondly, Dim OBJ As New AddData creates a completely new AddData form with it's own references. So you're setting the properties for a form that you never even show.

To solve this, you can show AddLesseeForm with it's owner set to AddData :

Private Sub Button1_AddLesseeForm_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1_AddLesseeForm.Click
    AddLesseeForm.Show(Me)
End Sub

Now that AddLesseeForm 's owner is your AddData form, you can do like this:

Public Sub Button4_SelectLessee_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button4_SelectLessee.Click
    If Me.Owner IsNot Nothing AndAlso Me.Owner.GetType() Is GetType(AddData) Then
        Dim AddDataFrm As AddData = DirectCast(Me.Owner, AddData)
        AddDataFrm.LesseeId = TextBox1_LesseeID.Text
        AddDataFrm.LesseeName = TextBox2_LesseeName.Text
    End If
End Sub

Which will get the owner (the current instance of AddData ) and be able to modify it.

Lastly you should change the properties in AddData so that they actually update your text boxes:

Private _lesseeid As Integer = 0
Private _lesseename As String = ""

Public Property LesseeId As Integer
    Get
        Return _lesseeid
    End Get
    Set(value As Integer)
        _lesseeid = value
        TextBox1_LesseeId.Text = value.ToString()
    End Set
End Property

Public Property LesseeName As String
    Get
        Return _lesseename
    End Get
    Set(value As String)
        _lesseename = value
        TextBox2_LesseeNm.Text = value
    End Set
End Property

Answer 3

VB code for AddLesseeForm class

Public Class AddLesseeForm 'Form2

        'This is the Select Button
        Public Sub Button4_SelectLessee_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button4_SelectLessee.Click

            AddData.loadLessee(TextBox1_LesseeID.Text, TextBox2_LesseeName.Text)

        End Sub
    End Class

VB code for AddData class

Public Class AddData 'Form1

    Private Sub Button1_AddLesseeForm_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1_AddLesseeForm.Click
        AddLesseeForm.Show()

    End Sub

    Public Sub loadLessee(LesseeId As String, LesseeName As String)

        TextBox1_LesseeId.Text = LesseeId
        TextBox2_LesseeNm.Text = LesseeName

    End Sub

    Public Sub AddData_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

    End Sub
End Class

Answer 4

First you place below code on send button click event:

    Private Sub button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    Dim objtest As New test2(txtLesseeid.Text, txtLesseename.Text)
    objtest.ShowDialog()
End Sub

On Second form where you want to get value you should place this code:

    Public Partial Class test2
    Inherits Form
    Public Sub New(strtext1 As String, strtext2 As String)
        InitializeComponent()
        txtLesseeid.Text = strtext1
        txtLesseename.Text = strtext2
    End Sub

End Class