Populating fields on a form in VB 2005

I have an app in VB2005 with SQL back end. It has 2 forms so far. On the first form (frm1) I added a datatable to the form. I added some fields from that table to the form via drag-and-drop from the DataSource explorer. I want to open frm2 and use other fields from the same datatable as frm1, again adding fields by drag-and-drop.

The question: Do I have to do another .Fill for frm2 or can I somehow tap into the table that was filled in frm1 If I can tap into it, I could use a code example.

Thanks from a nooB.

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Populating fields on a form in VB 2005

oguime
This encapsulation means that you should be able to reuse this form elsewhere without a dependency on other forms.

Sometimes this is important.
Chancetribe

Thanks spotty. If you recognize my name, you know you posted some examples on passing parameters and arrays recently. They have work well.

My app actually has 3 forms now: frmSearch, frm1 and frm2. 2 more will be added, all of them read-only and using fields from the same master table. I just wanted to make sure there wasn't some simple solution I was missing that would save time and coding. It looks like your first suggestion above will be best for me since I am familiar with it.

Thanks again.
meher666
I suppose you could do either.

You could pass a ID or something from the first form to the second form by way of a property and then use this to populate fill a dataset on the second form which you could bind to.

or

You could pass the a datarow from the first form to the second form again by way of a property.

What are you intending on doin on the second form - updates to the database. If so, then using the first approach may prove beneficial as it sort of encapsulates the entire functionality within the form.
Populating fields on a form in VB 2005

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