C# Question - accessing main form from outside files

[JonnyBalls]

I have a generic windows project with a form.
I want to access members of that form from an outside file, like I want to get values of text fields or checkboxes, whatever...
how would I do this from an outside file since you can't use the "this"

 

[imported_Pep]

What do you mean by "an outside file"?

You could make your form a class which can be brought in as an include, or you could make the variables you want to access visible to the calling/inquiring program.

 

[JonnyBalls]

oops, I mean another file within the project.
Lets say I have MainForm.cs where I just say string textValue=this.textbox.value
how would I be able to access that from a separate file in the same project?

I didn't think there were "includes" in c#

 

[EagleKeeper]

Controls can be accessed by outside applications by locating the Windows Handle of the control and then operating it the same as you would from inside the program.

 

[JonnyBalls]

How do you locate the windows handle of the control?

 

[notfred]

SomeOtherClass.main() <--- like that?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Enumerate the child windows from the parent window. All controls are a type of Window.

How you determine if it is the control you desire, it is based on what you are trying to accomplish.

 

[KB]

Pass the MainForm (object that inherits from Form object) as an argument to the constructor of the outside file if it is a class, or as argument to a function.

In MainForm:
OutsideFile of = new OutsideFile(this);


Outside file class:
public class OutsideFile {
private MainForm _mf;
public OutsideFile(MainForm mf){
_mf = mf;

string textValue=_mf.textbox.value;
}
}