"Herfried K. Wagner" <hirf.nosp@m.activevb.de> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> "John Lee" <tonydemello@hotmail.com> schrieb:
> > Does anybody know how to call the function embedded in
> > the ActiveMDIChild
> > form?
> >
> > Dim variable1 as integer
> > variable1 = 1450
> > Me.ActiveMDIChild.function1(variable1)
> >
> > raises error.
>
> Untested:
>
> \\\
> DirectCast(Me.ActiveMdiChild, <type of mdi child>).Function1( _
> variable1 _
> )
> ///
>
> Regards,
> Herfried K. Wagner
> --
> MVP · VB Classic, VB .NET
> http://www.mvps.org/dotnet
>
>

"Herfried K. Wagner" <hirf.nosp@m.activevb.de> wrote in message
news:OIaicLYQDHA.2316@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> "John Lee" <tonydemello@hotmail.com> schrieb:
> > Does anybody know how to call the function embedded in
> > the ActiveMDIChild
> > form?
> >
> > Dim variable1 as integer
> > variable1 = 1450
> > Me.ActiveMDIChild.function1(variable1)
> >
> > raises error.
>
> Untested:
>
> \\\
> DirectCast(Me.ActiveMdiChild, <type of mdi child>).Function1( _
> variable1 _
> )
> ///
>
> Regards,
> Herfried K. Wagner
> --
> MVP · VB Classic, VB .NET
> http://www.mvps.org/dotnet
>
>

"Herfried K. Wagner" <hirf.nosp@m.activevb.de> wrote in message
news:#CGTUDZQDHA.2316@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> "John Lee" <tonydemello@hotmail.com> schrieb:
> > One thing I do not know for sure what to do is what to
> > put in place of "type of MDI"
>
> The value of the child form's "(Name)" property (the class name).
>
> Regards,
> Herfried K. Wagner
> --
> MVP · VB Classic, VB .NET
> http://www.mvps.org/dotnet
>
>

> Does anybody know how to call the function embedded in
> the ActiveMDIChild
> form?
>
> Dim variable1 as integer
> variable1 = 1450
> Me.ActiveMDIChild.function1(variable1)
>
> raises error.

> One thing I do not know for sure what to do is what to
> put in place of "type of MDI"

> But my predecessor who programmed this used the
> same function name in different MDI child forms to
> do a slightly different task. So, what I need
> is some way of utilizing the function1 for whichever
> ActiveMDIChild, not a specific MDIChild form. That
> is why I can't specify the name of that.