Re: How to get a reference to main form in a Windows Form 2.0 Application?

Alan Pretre wrote:

Form MainForm =
(Form)Control.FromHandle(Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainWindowHandle);

But what control would a library (dll) have access to? It is separate from
the exe.

So? It's running in the same process, and using the same
System.Windows.Forms code. In fact, this library

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Get
{
public static class Main
{
public static Form Form
{
get { return
(Form)Control.FromHandle(Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainWindowHandle);
}
}
}
}

works just as well as code in a form event handler ....

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