I have a% main% co that contains a status bar Form with several StatusStrip . I must have control of StatusLabel from another form to change the StatusStrip message depending on what I'm doing.
For example, if I put the focus in a textbox of StatusLabel , the message should change in a Form2 .
You do not need to have access to the control of the other form if you can communicate these uncoupled using interface
In the article I explain how you could do it, but basically define an interface
interface IFormState{
void SetState(string msg);
}
then implemetas is in the main form
public class FormPrincipal : Form, IFormState{
//aqui implementas la interface
public button1_Click(..){
FormHijo frm = new FormHijo(this);
frm.Show();
}
}
From the form child you could invoke this method defined in the interface if you have the main form instance
public class FormHijo : Form{
private IFormState _frm;
public FormHijo(IFormState frm){
_frm = frm;
}
public button1_Click(..){
_frm.SetState("mensaje");
}
}
By passing it on to the architect, you could have the instance of the main form that implements the interface.
This way you can send a data to the main form without having to access the control of the form.