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   Dikkie Dik to Harvest   
   Re: Referring to an Event on a Different   
   12 Jun 05 22:25:35   
   
   From: nospam@nospam.org   
      
   Harvest Wind@comcast.net wrote:   
   > Hello:   
   >   
   > I have figured out the "Form Effect" question above. However, I'm using VB   
   > 5.0 and want to refer to an event on a different form.   
   >   
   > I have an MDI form with help on it.  When the user selects help, I want to   
   > see what form is active "Me.ActiveForm"...then I want to select the "Help"   
   > button's click event on that form.  How do I programatically select the   
   > button and click it from the MDI form in visual basic?   
   >   
   > Your assistance would be much appreciated.   
   >   
   > Joe-Paul   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   You don't. Just create a public method on the form ("public sub   
   ShowHelp()") and call that both from the button's click event and from   
   outside the form.   
      
   Best regards   
      
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