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How do you call an interface method in C# on a form which is already open?

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Hi all - I have a question regarding how to use an interface in a form that is already open.

I have a C# project with two forms in it, A and B.

I have an interface X in a separate class, and B implements the interface methods, which update certain text boxes in B.

My question is: how do I call the interface from A without creating a new instance of B?

For example, if I do this in A:

C#
frmB xxx = new frmB();
xxx.PerformInterfaceMethod();
xxx.Show();


then of course a new instance of B pops up, with the actions defined by PerformInterfaceMethod() causing some of its text boxes to be modified, but this is not what I want.

The reason is that B is already open with some information on it. You press a button, causing A to open, then you select something in A which will cause B to alter the content of some of its text boxes, so I don't want to create a new instance of B: I want to affect the instance of B that is already open.

How do I do this?
Tags: C#, Forms

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