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    Hello,
     I'm building a program to post somethings in my own forum, but I'm using a string called generatedCode that is on Form1 and I'm using it in Form2 with this code:
    Form1 form1 = new Form1();
public Form2()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    Form1 form1 = ((Form1)this.Owner);
    textBox1.Text = form1.generatedCode;
}
    And here is my code in Form1:

    private void menuItem1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Check();
    Form2 form2 = new Form2();
    generatedCode = "[b]" + textBox1.Text + space + "v" + textBox2.Text + "[/b]" +
    space + freeware + "\n" + "[u]Requirements:[/u]" + space + wm2003 + wm5 + wm6 +
    wmperso + "\n" + "[u]Overview:[/u]" + space + textBox4.Text + "\n" + "[IMG]" +
    textBox5.Text + "[/IMG]" + "\n" + "[break]" + "\n" + textBox6.Text + "\n" +
    "[u]More Info:[/u]" + "\n" + "[CODE]" + textBox6.Text + "[/CODE]" + "\n" +
    "[u]Download Instructions:[/u]" + "\n" + "[URL]" + textBox7.Text + "[/URL]" +
    "\n" + mirror;
    form2.Show();
}
    But when I click in this menu button to create the code(in Debug) I'm getting a NullReferenceException, but what I'm doing wrong and how can I solve this?
    Tuesday, November 17, 2009 7:27 PM

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    Again :). NETCF doesn't support this.Owner. 
    It always returns null because some son-of-a-nasty-motherhood was lazy enough to not implement this.

    All You can do is to pass parent form as a parameter into the second form.

    And don't initialize forms straight when You're having those as a global objects.
    Instead do it anywhere else:

    Form1 form1;

public Form2(Form1 parent)
{
    InitializeComponent();
    form1 = parent;
    textBox1.Text = form1.generatedCode;
}

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    • Proposed as answer by Mal Loth Tuesday, November 17, 2009 7:34 PM
    • Marked as answer by Nathan Campos Tuesday, November 17, 2009 7:35 PM
    Tuesday, November 17, 2009 7:34 PM