Executing code in a form from another form

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I have a form, form1, that displays a some data from a SQL table in a data grid view. In a menu tool strip on form1 the user can issue a command that starts form2. From form2 the user enter search criteria on a column in the data grid view. I would like form2 to to execute the same code as form1 to display the data grid view. How do I accomplish this?

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Posted 24-Feb-18 9:09am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2018-02-24T10:29:00

Solution 1

The best way may sound complicated, but it isn't, not really.
Create a new control derived from DataGridView (add a UserControl to your project, then change what it derives from to DataGridView) and add the code to that.
Then use the new control in both Form1 and Form2.

Posted 24-Feb-18 10:29am

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Maciej Los · Answer 2 · 2018-02-24T10:30:00

Solution 2

The number of forms is not important! All what you need to do is to use custom logic to get all filters from Form2. If user click [Accept] button then Form1 will display filtered data.

See:
Create a Windows Form to search data[^]
Pass data between forms[^]

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