How to send a textbox value on Form1 to a textbox on Sub-form2?

[p.colbert]

@david.wylie

The form hierarchy in the IDE is organisational. You haven’t created a sub-form as such.

Agreed. See also

Forms within forms

I think you may be confusing two different hierarchies. Referring to the diagram here: The area labelled “5” gives you a visual rendering of your current form, and the objects that it initially contains. To see its substructure, its hierarchy, click the pull-down list labelled “8”. There you will see the physical structure of your Form, as displayed visually in area “5”. This has nothing to do with the area labelled “1”. In spite of it being prominently displayed next to area “5”, area “1”…