Private Sub btnSearch_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSearch.Click 'this form has a textbox named txtLast. I want this data to be transferred to the texbox 'on frmMain so it shows up there. 'take what is in txtLast on this form and copy/assign it to the other form 'In VS 2005, we have a new namespace called "My". I use it here to find the forms in my 'project and jst transfer data to the other form. My.Forms.frmMain.txtLast.Text = txtLast.Text End Sub