accessing controls on parentform from childform

Question

I want to change text in textbox on parentform from childform. I set textbox

modifiers= public i have extra written a function in parentform

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Answer 1

Since ParentForm will return a Form and not your form, you need to cast it before you can access any of your custom properties:

((MyForm)this.ParentForm).textbox = "new text!";

Additionally, you are setting the whole control, not just the text.

Try this, to expose the text property only:

public string txtbox
{
  get
  {
    return  mybox.Text;
  }
  set
  {
    mybox.Text = value;
  }
}

Answer 2

Random guess without seeing any actual code: mybox is likely not declared public.

Edit: Or, ah, yes, as Andrei says - you havn't cast the ParentForm to your parent form's type.

Answer 3

I think the problem is that ParentForm is of type Form which does not have a member txtbox. You need to cast ParentForm to your form (suppose it is Form1), like:

((Form1)this.ParentForm).txtbox