I have a simple problem that is driving me crazy.
On Form1 I have a dateTimePicker
However when the user opens Form2, the value property does not change.

here is some code:

Public Class Form2
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
    Dim myForm1 As Form1


#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()
        Me.myForm1 = New Form1



        'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()
        radioButtons(0) = RadioButton1
        radioButtons(1) = RadioButton2

        'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

    End Sub

 Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

     dateOf = Format(myForm1.DatePicker.Value, "MM/dd/yyyy")'this only returns today's date

         myForm1.Patient(doc, patID, vID, svc, cat, dMy, hMs)


    End Sub

can somebody tell me the way to get the changed value of the datetimepicker.value

Your instantiating a new Form1 when you load Form2 so you would be grabbing the value from the new Form1 and not the original.

You can do this a couple of ways. You can either declare the datetimepicker as a shared variable and then access it from the second form (there are several examples of this in this forum) or you can overload the constructor in the 2nd form, passing the parent form so that you can access it.

J

Thanks for the reply Katsarosj, I knew I was instantiating a new Form1, but couldn't figure out how to get the value from the original. For now I am just using a public variable in my class. But that leads me to another Question... I'll put it in a new topic though.