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The new VB 2.0 MDI support is fantastic ! True Form inheritance, autosizing 
toolbars etc. etc....

But:

How do one manage to reference local varibales within a Form from outside ?

Problem:

  Assume a drawing form, that contains local variables (declared in the 
  Declaration section of the Form). These variables describes the picture 
  that is shown on the Form. When making instances from this Form, anything
  works fine: every Form contains its own set of variables.
  But: If you want to write a save-and-load logic for these Forms, you can 
  not reference these Form-local variables from outside the Form (eg. the 
  MDI-Desktop).
  Is there any  way to reference instance-variables of a Form ? Something 
  like ActiveForm.MyArray(1).MyName ?

  The only workaround so far I found is a very clumsy setup: 
  - define a Button within the MDI-child
  - make this Button invisible
  - attach the Load or Save function to this Button
  - "Click" this button (in the ActiveForm) from the MDI-menu option
  The problem still remaining is that I can't pass parameters to the Form-
  local procedure (execpt using the Tags from invisible controls).

  Any hints ?

  Hajo Schmitt
  Technical University Darmstadt