How to access form elements from another classes? - c++-cli

Question

This my first time trying to create windows application using vs clr and i'm trying to implement it on my existing cpp project which i almost finished but the main problem that i'm facing is the i can't access the functions of myForm.h (buttons , text box , etc..) from my main source.cpp , any help would be appreciated and thanks
MyForm.h
#pragma once
namespace Project2 {
using namespace System;
using namespace System::ComponentModel;
using namespace System::Collections;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
using namespace System::Data;
using namespace System::Drawing;
/// <summary>
/// Summary for MyForm
/// </summary>
public ref class MyForm : public System::Windows::Forms::Form
{
public:
MyForm(void)
{
InitializeComponent();
//
//TODO: Add the constructor code here
//
}
protected:
/// <summary>
/// Clean up any resources being used.
/// </summary>
~MyForm()
{
if (components)
{
delete components;
}
}
private: System::Windows::Forms::Button^ button1;
private: System::Windows::Forms::RichTextBox^ richTextBox1;
protected:
private:
/// <summary>
/// Required designer variable.
/// </summary>
System::ComponentModel::Container ^components;
#pragma region Windows Form Designer generated code
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
void InitializeComponent(void)
{
this->button1 = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Button());
this->richTextBox1 = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::RichTextBox());
this->SuspendLayout();
//
// button1
//
this->button1->Location = System::Drawing::Point(104, 177);
this->button1->Name = L"button1";
this->button1->Size = System::Drawing::Size(75, 23);
this->button1->TabIndex = 0;
this->button1->Text = L"button1";
this->button1->UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
this->button1->Click += gcnew System::EventHandler(this, &MyForm::button1_Click);
//
// richTextBox1
//
this->richTextBox1->Location = System::Drawing::Point(47, 36);
this->richTextBox1->Name = L"richTextBox1";
this->richTextBox1->Size = System::Drawing::Size(208, 135);
this->richTextBox1->TabIndex = 1;
this->richTextBox1->Text = L"";
this->richTextBox1->TextChanged += gcnew System::EventHandler(this, &MyForm::richTextBox1_TextChanged);
//
// MyForm
//
this->AutoScaleDimensions = System::Drawing::SizeF(8, 16);
this->AutoScaleMode = System::Windows::Forms::AutoScaleMode::Font;
this->ClientSize = System::Drawing::Size(282, 253);
this->Controls->Add(this->richTextBox1);
this->Controls->Add(this->button1);
this->Name = L"MyForm";
this->Text = L"MyForm";
this->ResumeLayout(false);
}
#pragma endregion
public: System::Void button1_Click(System::Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ e) {};
public: System::Void richTextBox1_TextChanged(System::Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ e) {}
};
}
Main.c
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <locale>
#include <string>
#include<vector>
#include <time.h>
#include "MyForm.h"
using namespace std;
using namespace System;
[STAThread]
int main()
{
System::Windows::Forms::Application::Run(gcnew Project2::MyForm());
MyForm F; \\ can't create an object of MyForm class
F.richtextbox->AppendText("Hello world"); \\ here is the confusing part
System::Windows::Forms::Application::Run(gcnew Project2::MyForm());
return 0;
}