Referencing control on one form from another form

Question

As you can guess, I\'m kind of new to .NET and just want to reference a control on one form from another.

Usually I would just do Form.Control.Property but that does

Answer 1

Make a private field. Right click 'Refactor', select 'Encapsulate Field'. This will automatically create a public property for the field.

Another approach is to overload the public constructor.

public CustomersForm(string property1, string property2...)
{
     //Get the properties and do what is necessary.
}

//Parent Form

CustomersForm frmCustomers = new CustomersForm(property1, property2..);

Also sending the complete control to another form is not a good strategy. Share only the fields that are necessary via public properties/constructors.