Changing a Controls property on a child form from the parent?

alejandro.rivera

Hi All, I have a MDI app that uses a baseform for all the child forms. The baseform has a Tab Control that the modfiers for it and all the tabs are set to Protected. Depending on what menu item the user selects I want to change the text for the tabs in the Tab Control. How can I do this in the parent form? Thanks In Advance...

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alejandro.rivera22y ago
I apologize for not being clear. I'll give it another shot. I have a MDI app. The parent form has a menu. When a user clicks on a menu option in the menu item's click event I instantiate a child form to show. The child form has a tab control on it. Before I show the child form I would like to change the text on the tab pages within the tab control. Also, the child form is a base to inherit from. I hope this is better. Thanks, AR
bilnaad22y ago
?? It doesn't make sense to me ?? a base form? Do you mean a base to inherit from? Or just a default form for the childs? If you can explain the concept you want more clearly maybe we can help you some more ^_^
alejandro.rivera22y ago
Hi All, I haven't gotten any responses yet so I'll add a little sample code to see if maybe then someone can help me. Now what I want to do is the new MDI child that was just created has a tabControl on it & I want to change the text on the tabs before I show the form. Can someone show me how to do this because I've looked everywhere for an example & I can't find one. Thanks... protected void MDIChildNew_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e){ Form2 newMDIChild = new Form2(); // Set the Parent Form of the Child window. newMDIChild.MdiParent = this; // Display the new form. newMDIChild.Show(); }