Get values of one form into another form in Visual Basic - vb.net

Question

I am trying to get an integer value of one form (Form1) inside another form (Form2). I have tried to access it via the below code but not getting it. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong.
Public Class Form1
Public Points As Integer = 100
Public Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Label1.Text = Points
End Sub
Public Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Form2.Show()
Me.Hide()
End Sub
End Class
Public Class Form2
Private Sub Form2_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim FinalPoints As New Form1
Label1.Text = FinalPoints.Label1.Text
End Sub
End Class

Answer 1

The problem: As you are showing your Form2 (Form2_Load is executed), a new Form1 is created. This newly created Form1 has NOT executed the Form1_Load function yet!
You would need to show the newly created FinalPoints (Form1) with FinalPoints.Show() like that:
Dim FinalPoints As New Form1
FinalPoints.Show()
Label1.Text = FinalPoints.Label1.Text
to let the Form1_Load function execute, which is then setting your FinalPoints.Label1.Text. But that would just opens a new Form1.
Also you can just get the public Points variable inside the Form2_Load like that (you also do not have to create a new Form1):
Label1.Text = Form1.Points
Alternatively: Just use a public variable inside Form2 and assign your value to it, before you show the form.
Public Class Form1
Public Points As Integer = 100
Public Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Label1.Text = Points.ToString
End Sub
Public Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim FinalPoints As New Form2
FinalPoints.StringFromForm1 = Label1.Text
FinalPoints.Show()
Me.Hide()
End Sub
End Class
Public Class Form2
Public Property StringFromForm1 As String
Private Sub Form2_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Label1.Text = StringFromForm1
End Sub
End Class

Answer 2

This line: Dim FinalPoints As New Form1 creates a new instance of Form1, but what you want is to refer to an existing instance of Form1. There are different techniques you can try. For example, overload the Show method of Form2.
Something like this:
Form1: pass the value to Form2
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim f As New Form2
Me.Hide()
f.Show(Points)
End Sub
Form2: fetch the value from caller (Form1)
Public Class Form2
Public Overloads Sub Show(ByVal Points As Integer)
Me.Label1.Text = Points.ToString
MyBase.Show()
End Sub
End Class