Changing a label's text in another form in C#?

Question

I have a label called LabelX1. This is on form2. On form1, i have a button. I want the button\'s text to be transferred to the other form\'s label. I have tried

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Answer 1

If you are needing to access the form2 from elsewhere in your code (like a button press for instance) you will not be able to see the instance of the form you create. To solve that I create a public instance to hold a reference to it like:

 public form2 form2_pub;

Then after you create it you assign the new one to your public instance:

form2 frm2 = new form2();
frm2.Show();
form2_pub = frm2

Now you can reference form2_pub throughout your routines.

Works for me at least.

Remember, in your setter you can run whatever other code you want. For instance, I use the following to show what I want on another form by just setting show_scanning to true:

  public bool show_scanning //turns on the scanning screen
    {
        set
        {
            scanning_pnl.Visible = true;
            notReady_pnl.Visible = false;
            timer1.Enabled = true;
        }
    }