vb.net forms question

[trains58554]

Hi i have a mdi form that i want to refresh from the child form is there any way of doing that? the reason i need to do that is it is connected to a database so when they update the name of the company it updates it in the title bar in the mainform which is the mdi container.

Trains

[Hack]

Just manually reset the caption through code.

[trains58554]

Ok i see what you are saying but i do not understand what i have to do to talk to the other form

[Hack]

Form2.Text = "The is now the new caption"

[trains58554]

i understand how to do it like that in form2 but i want from form 2 to update the title bar in form1

thanks

[Hack]

Just use the form name. I used form2 as an example. If you want to update the caption in form1, then use form1.text instead.

[trains58554]

ok it tried that but it just gives me an error it says it dose not know what form1 is

[Hack]

Again, that was nothing more than an example.

What is the real name of the form that you want to change the caption of?

[trains58554]

it is mainform and i have been changing form1 to mainform in my code
this is what i was trying to use

MainForm.Text = drAdmin.centerName

[Hack]

Ok, if MainForm is the name of the form, then that part is right.

What is drAdmin.centerName?

[trains58554]

that is my link to the database to get the centerName

[Hack]

So, centerName is a field in a table in your database, and that is where the caption info is coming from?

[trains58554]

yes exactly

[Hack]

And, don't tell me, but arAdmin is a bound data control, right?

[trains58554]

here is a picture of what vb is giving when i type

MainForm.Text = drAdmin.centerName