MDI forms accessing controls

Question

One form has a checkbox. How do I access the state of this checkbox in the code of another form class (or any other control)? I tried changing private to public in the designer. When I set the main form to this.IsMDiContainer = true in the designer, it makes the entire background color of the form nasty gray but the controls keep their color. Any idea how to stop this. Also, how do I get the child form to not let the parents controls show through.

Mykonine · Answer

The nasty gray can be fixed I believe through one of the form properties. Even if it can't you can always paint the background a specific color by hand. Accessing the checkbox is more of a design issue than anything else. I don't think it's a good idea to try to access the checkbox directly. Maybe have the parent form hold some kind of value like CheckBoxChecked for the child form to access.

MDI forms, accessing controls