Accessing form's button field

Question

I have a button on my form, but I am unable to access it from my code. My code (from Program.cs):

Form1.button1.Text = "Button text"

I cannot access it due to it's protection level. What shall I do to change this field protection level or something?

Change button1 protection level or create a public helper method (something like `SetTextForButton1(String newText)`)? — Sergey.quixoticaxis.Ivanov, Dec 04 '17 at 13:51
Bind the Text Property of the button to a common datasource and change the datasource. — Fildor, Dec 04 '17 at 14:00
Don't simply write `CLOSED` in the title of your question. Accept an answer. — Manfred Radlwimmer, Dec 04 '17 at 14:00
Possible duplicate of [C#: How to bind the text of a winforms button to a resource](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1322484/c-how-to-bind-the-text-of-a-winforms-button-to-a-resource) — Fildor, Dec 04 '17 at 14:02

gabemilani · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-11T19:33:12.170

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On the properties window you can change the privacy of the components. You need to change the button privacy to public.

--EDIT
What fildor wrote is a better aproach

edited Dec 11 '17 at 19:33

answered Dec 04 '17 at 13:52

gabemilani

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Thank you.. Design -> Modifiers. Sorry me :D – misticos Dec 04 '17 at 13:53
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That's a rather bad idea. Use Databinding instead! – Fildor Dec 04 '17 at 14:03

GuidoG · Answer 2 · 2017-12-04T14:58:33.940

Changing the modifier of an object is a bad idea. Better would be to create a public property on Form1, for example Button1Text and call that in stead of accesing a private object.

public string Button1Text
{  
   get { return Button1.Text; }
   set {Button1.Text = value; }
}

then call it like this

form1.Button1Text = "I am a button"

Make sure that form1 is the created instance for your form, not the class name !

Accessing form's button field

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