Is theApplication.OpenForms to much overhead for the program?

Question

Hello:

I have this code. Is theApplication.OpenForms to much overhead for the program?

((FormICEPack)Application.OpenForms["FormICEPack"]).textBoxLoginUser_ID.Text = textBoxUser_ID.Text;
((FormICEPack)Application.OpenForms["FormICEPack"]).textBoxLoginPassword.Text = textBoxPassword.Text;
((FormICEPack)Application.OpenForms["FormICEPack"]).textBoxLoginProfile_ID.Text = textBoxProfileLogin_ID.Text;
((FormICEPack)Application.OpenForms["FormICEPack"]).textBoxLoginProfileServer.Text = textBoxProfileServer.Text;
((FormICEPack)Application.OpenForms["FormICEPack"]).textBoxLoginProfileServerType.Text = textBoxProfileServerType.Text;
((FormICEPack)Application.OpenForms["FormICEPack"]).textBoxLoginProfileLogin_ID.Text = textBoxProfileLogin_ID.Text;
((FormICEPack)Application.OpenForms["FormICEPack"]).textBoxLoginProfilePassword.Text = textBoxProfilePassword.Text;
((FormICEPack)Application.OpenForms["FormICEPack"]).textBoxLoginProfileDatabase.Text = textBoxProfileDatabase.Text;

Nainil · Answer

Hi Giorgio The more forms you open within a single application the more memory your application is going to use. However from the above code it looks like you only have 1 instance of FormICEPack form opened and accessing that Form instance using the code above should not be too much overhead. Hope this helps.

Sam Hobbs · Answer

You should look at the documentation of Application.OpenForms. As Nainil indicates it provides a list of forms that are open it does not open forms. That code is not innefficient but it can be more efficient. FormICEPack f = Application.OpenForms[FormICEPack]) as FormICEPack; if (f == null) { // error return; } f.textBoxLoginUser_ID.Text = textBoxUser_ID.Text; f.textBoxLoginPassword.Text = textBoxPassword.Text; f.textBoxLoginProfile_ID.Text = textBoxProfileLogin_ID.Text; f.textBoxLoginProfileServer.Text = textBoxProfileServer.Text; f.textBoxLoginProfileServerType.Text = textBoxProfileServerType.Text; f.textBoxLoginProfileLogin_ID.Text = textBoxProfileLogin_ID.Text; f.textBoxLoginProfilePassword.Text = textBoxProfilePassword.Text; f.textBoxLoginProfileDatabase.Text = textBoxProfileDatabase.Text;

theLizard · Answer

Hi Georgio This is why I said that forms management is important in MDI applications so hope that you revisit the zip I uploaded for one of your questions.

theLizard · Answer

Hi Georgio This is why I said that forms management is important in MDI applications so hope that you revisit the zip I uploaded for one of your questions.

Gustavo · Answer

Sam: Thanks that is what I was looking for the whole time: This way I can define the form at load time and then use it any time I want.... Thanks.