Adding contents of text file to child form

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I am trying to add the contents of a text file to a text box in a child form using 'Open' from the parent file. This is what I have so far:

private void openToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();

// Display the file open dialog box and show only text files.

DialogResult responseDialogResult;

openFileDialog1.Filter = "Text Files (*.txt)|*.txt";

responseDialogResult = openFileDialog1.ShowDialog();

// Check that the user did not click the cancel button.

if (responseDialogResult != DialogResult.Cancel)

{

// Open the child form.

Form2 childOneForm = new Form2();

childOneForm.MdiParent = this;

childOneCountInteger++;

childOneForm.Text = openFileDialog1.FileName;

childOneForm.Show();

Vulpes · Answer

Oops, just noticed that my answer is writing the file contents to the child form's caption rather than to a textbox on that form :( To write it to a textbox first change the textbox's Modifiers property (in the Properties Box) from private to internal so it can be directly accessed from other forms in the same program. Now replace this line: childOneForm.Text = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(openFileDialog1.FileName); with this one (use the actual name of the textbox if it's not textBox1): childOneForm. textBox1. Text = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(openFileDialog1.FileName);

B Rawlings · Answer

Thank you sooooo much!

B Rawlings · Answer

Thanks for your replay but I am still not able to get the contents of the text file to show in the textbox Any idea?

Vulpes · Answer

Try this: // Open the child form. Form2 childOneForm = new Form2(); childOneForm.MdiParent = this; childOneCountInteger++; childOneForm.Text = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(openFileDialog1.FileName) ; childOneForm.Show();

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