How to make two frames work together in c++ (using visual studio 2013)

[berfomet96]

good night, im having an issue with trying to figure out this. i need to work with two frames, i've already managed to open a secondFrame from the mainFrame. However, i cant figure out how to get the data changed from the secondFrame to update the data on the mainFrame because i cant create a mainFram type object inside the secondFrame code for god knows what reason. I hope that someone can help to solve this issue. Thanks in advance.

private: System::Void button1_Click(System::Object^  sender, System::EventArgs^  e) {
		apoyo = gcnew MyForm1();
		apoyo->Show();
		this->Hide();
	}

This is the code from the button im using, "apoyo" would be the secondFrame object created inside mainFrame code. The mainFrame should be shown again when the secondFrame is closed. i already opened the code for the FormClosing event btw.

[Thomas1965]

The normal to pass data from one form to another is using properties or variables.
For example in your form MyForm1 declare:

private:
    String^ m_Input;
  public:
    property String^ Input 
    {
      String^ get ()
      {
        return m_Input;
      }
      void set (String^ value)
      {
        m_Input = value;
      }
    }

In your main form you can access it like this:

System::Void button1_Click(System::Object^  sender, System::EventArgs^  e) 
{
  apoyo = gcnew MyForm1();
  apoyo->Input = "Hello";
  apoyo->Show();
  // do sth with the input from apoyo
  this->Hide();
}

[berfomet96]

thank you so much. other question, if i want to program a button in MyForm1.h to return to the mainFrame, how can i do something like button1_Click if i'm not allowed to put inside the MyForm1 code someting like:

mainFrame::Show()
// or
mainFrame ^main = gcnew mainFrame();
main->Show();

;

[Thomas1965]

If you call MyForm1 from mainFrame it will automatically return to mainFrame when MyForm1 closes.