winforms - VB.Net Passing values to another form

Question

I would like to know how to pass a value from form1 to another form's public sub. The problem is that it says "it is not accesible in this context because it is 'Private'."

I've tried changing Form 1 Private Sub to Public Sub but the same error remains. How should i make it work?

Public Class Form1
Dim test(), text1 As String
Const asd = "abcabc"

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    text1 = Space(LOF(1))
    test = Split(text1, asd)
    HOST = test(1)
End Sub

And i want to pass HOST = test(1) value to another form

Public Class Form2

Public Sub Check()
    'get the value to here
End Sub

Answer 1

You could pass it as a parameter:

Public Sub Check(valueToCheck as String)
   'get the value to here
End Sub

Or create a property on form2 to receive it:

private _HostOrSomething As String = ""
Friend Property HostOrSomething As String
   Get
        Return _HostOrSomething 
    End Get
    Set(ByVal value As String)
        _HostOrSomething = value
    End Set

In which case, Sub Check could use _HostOrSomething since it is local var. To use these:

HOST = Test(1)
frm2.Check(HOST)

or

HOST = Test(1)
frm2.HostOrSomething = HOST
frm2.Check