Windows forms help

Lutzee wrote:

Anyway from game i can declare a pointer of type class1 and access class1's data members, functions etc from a function inside game. I can also declare a pointer of type form1. However when i come to access form1's data members using this pointer it won't let me alter them it just says: error C2227: left of '->richtextbox1' must point to class/struct/union/generic typ

i used those variables names as examples so that the problem would be clear. In my project they are called p_class1 and p_game

It is still eluding me. i tried what you said to do. i even tried itin a new project to check it wasn't somthing i had inadvertantly changed that was causeing the problem. Here is the new project: There are 2 classes c1 and c2.

//Form1.h

#pragma once

namespace example {

using namespace System;

using namespace System::ComponentModel;

using namespace System::Collections;

using namespace System::Windows::Forms;

using namespace System::Data;

using namespace System::Drawing;

/// <summary>

/// Summary for Form1

///

/// WARNING: If you change the name of this class, you will need to change the

/// 'Resource File Name' property for the managed resource compiler tool

/// associated with all .resx files this class depends on. Otherwise,

/// the designers will not be able to interact properly with localized

/// resources associated with this form.

/// </summary>

public ref class Form1 : public System::Windows::Forms::Form

public:

Form1(void)

//

//TODO: Add the constructor code here

//

protected:

/// <summary>

/// Clean up any resources being used.

/// </summary>

if (components)

delete components;

private: System::Windows::Forms::Label^ label1;

private: System::Windows::Forms::Button^ button1;

protected:

private:

/// <summary>

/// Required designer variable.

/// </summary>

#pragma region Windows Form Designer generated code

/// <summary>

/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify

/// the contents of this method with the code editor.

/// </summary>

void InitializeComponent(void)

this->label1 = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Label());

this->button1 = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Button());

this->SuspendLayout();

//

// label1

//

this->label1->AutoSize = true;

this->label1->Location = System::Drawing::Point(61, 39);

this->label1->Name = L"label1";

this->label1->Size = System::Drawing::Size(35, 13);

this->label1->TabIndex = 0;

this->label1->Text = L"label1";

//

// button1

//

this->button1->Location = System::Drawing::Point(129, 37);

this->button1->Name = L"button1";

this->button1->Size = System::Drawing::Size(80, 48);

this->button1->TabIndex = 1;

this->button1->Text = L"button1";

this->button1->UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;

//

// Form1

//

this->AutoScaleDimensions = System::Drawing::SizeF(6, 13);

this->AutoScaleMode = System::Windows::Forms::AutoScaleMode::Font;

this->ClientSize = System::Drawing::Size(284, 264);

this->Controls->Add(this->button1);

this->Controls->Add(this->label1);

this->Name = L"Form1";

this->Text = L"Form1";

this->ResumeLayout(false);

this->PerformLayout();

#pragma endregion

///c1.cpp

#include "StdAfx.h"

#include "Form1.h"

#include "c2.h"

#include "c1.h"

c1::c1(void)

c1::function(void)

f1->label1->Text="hello"; //whereas this does not As far as i can see the code is exactly the same.

c1::~c1(void)

///c1.h

#pragma once

class c2;

class Form1;

class c1

public:

c1(void);

int function(void);

public:

~c1(void);

///c2.cpp

#include "StdAfx.h"

#include "c2.h"

c2::c2(void)

c2::~c2(void)

///c2.h

#pragma once

class c2

public:

c2(void);

int example;

public:

~c2(void);