MSIMainForm MSImain; //instance of main form
//event when a login is successful (fired by the user control)
private void loginScreen_UserControl_LoginSuccess(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//new instance of the main form passing the username and the parent form as parameters
MSImain = new MSIMainForm(loginScreen_UserControl.UserName.ToString(), this);
this.Hide();
MSImain.Show();
}
//paramterized constructor
public InventoryDataForm(string file, bool newItem, MSIMainForm parent)
{
InitializeComponent();
MSImain = parent;
fileName = file;
practice = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fileName);
newInventory = newItem;
this.Text = "Practice: " + practice;
}