How to add status in the main form?

Question

I have 2 forms:

frmLogIn
frmMainForm

frmLogin has 2 textboxes:

txtUserName
txtPassword.

frmMainForm has 1 label:

lblGreetings

the idea is that if you will enter your username w/ its corresponding password, in the main form (frmMainForm), there should be a welcoming message using the lblGreetings, such as:

WELCOME, (username)!

the idea should be something like:

txtUserName.Text = lblGreetings.Text

but as you can see, you just cannot read the value from one form to another, not unless you're going to instantiate the form itself, isn't?

is it possible that I can add such status in the main form?

does the frmMainForm_Load should have:

frmLogin form = new frmLogin()

form.? << what is next?

any ideas?

Alan · Answer

Assuming that frmMainForm is launched by code in frmLogin following a sucessful log in I'd just pass the user name in the constructor; // in frmLogin something like frmMainFrom mainForm = new frmMainForm(txtUserName.Text); mainForm.Show(); // in frmMainForm change constructor to: public frmMainForm(string userName) { InitializeComponent(); lblGreetings.Text = WELCOME  + userName +!; }