How to Get a Reference to Parent Form from a Component

David Catherman

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19 Oct 2007CPOL2 min read

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Components don't have a .Parent property like controls do. Getting a reference to the instance of the parent form the component was on is very difficult.

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David Catherman

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Dave Catherman is an application architect/lead developer for .NET applications. He has been developing database applications for many years and jumped on the .NET bandwagon early on. He is MCP certified in .NET Web Apps and Windows Apps and is pursuing MCSD.

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