Passing a value to a form

19 May 2009 8:21 PM

Rich

I am using VB6.

Years ago, I passed a value to a form. For the life of me, I don't
remember how I did it.

I could use property get or let. Or use the user defined Type object.

I would prefer just to open up the form and pass it a value. How to do
this?

19 May 2009 8:34 PM

Nobody

"Rich" <richma***@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>
> I am using VB6.
>
> Years ago, I passed a value to a form. For the life of me, I don't
> remember how I did it.
>
> I could use property get or let. Or use the user defined Type object.
>
> I would prefer just to open up the form and pass it a value. How to do
> this?

Public Sub ShowMe(ByVal Param1 As String)
Me.Show vbModal
End Sub

19 May 2009 8:56 PM

Nobody

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>> I am using VB6.
>>
>> Years ago, I passed a value to a form. For the life of me, I don't
>> remember how I did it.
>>
>> I could use property get or let. Or use the user defined Type object.
>>
>> I would prefer just to open up the form and pass it a value. How to do
>> this?
>
> Public Sub ShowMe(ByVal Param1 As String)
> Me.Show vbModal
> End Sub

Or:

Private m_sPassword As String

Public Function GetPassword() As String
    m_sPassword = ""
    Me.Show vbModal
    GetPassword = m_sPassword
End Sub

Private Sub btnOK_Click()
    m_sPassword = txtPassword.Text
End Sub

20 May 2009 2:14 PM

Saga

Aside from Nobody's solution I have also used properties, just
like you mentioned. Either way works ok. Saga

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"Rich" <richma***@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>
> I am using VB6.
>
> Years ago, I passed a value to a form. For the life of me, I don't
> remember how I did it.
>
> I could use property get or let. Or use the user defined Type object.
>
> I would prefer just to open up the form and pass it a value. How to do
> this?

20 May 2009 2:50 PM

Jeff Johnson

"Rich" <richma***@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> I am using VB6.
>
> Years ago, I passed a value to a form. For the life of me, I don't
> remember how I did it.
>
> I could use property get or let. Or use the user defined Type object.
>
> I would prefer just to open up the form and pass it a value. How to do
> this?

I just want to clarify: without explictly adding a property or a method,
there is no way to pass a value to a form*. In Access there is the concept
of passing arguments when opening a form; there is no such thing in VB.

*Yes, pedants, you could set one of the built-in properties, like Tag, but
you can't REACT to that value being set, which is what I assume the poster
wants.