show gridview in button click

Jiyalal Gupta

in form1 i have datagridview1 in form 2 i have button afer click on button how access that datagridview1

windows form c#

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Gowtham Rajamanickam11y ago
// get reference to existing Form1 instance Form1 f1 = Application.OpenForms["Form1"] as Form1; // now get reference to dgv DataGridView dgv = f1.dataGridView1; // do something with dgv
Jiyalal Gupta11y ago
thnx vulpes
Vulpes11y ago
First go to the Properties Box for your DataGridView and change its Modifiers property from Private to Internal. This will enable it to be accessed directly from other forms or classes in the application.

You can then access the DataGridView (dataGridView1 say) from Form2 as follows:

// get reference to existing Form1 instance
Form1 f1 = Application.OpenForms["Form1"] as Form1;

// now get reference to dgv

DataGridView dgv = f1.dataGridView1;

// do something with dgv
Jiyalal Gupta11y ago
@joginder i applied that already but what happens it creating duplicate form n my application i have prevented duplicate so it's not working . plz think some other idea to bindmy gridview
Joginder Banger11y ago
I am not sure but might be help you, try this

Make the click event on form2 button like this.

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Form1 oFrm1 = new Form1();

oFrm1.Show();
}
Jiyalal Gupta11y ago
sir plz give me a 1 example.
Aditya Chauhan11y ago
new a new instance of form 1 then call your grid with this object .
now you can perform which you want