>>Is Form2 modal? Sounds like it should be. In that case, it has direct access to Form1's controls. They are all still in memory. I think you have to go into the generated part of Form1's code and change their scope from the default of private.
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>IMO, its a bad idea to modify any generated code because everytime it gets regenerated you have to make your hacks again and again.

I certainly agree with that. Will make some time today to play around with two test forms and see if this can be done in an un-hacky way. At this point I'm not even sure when the code for a form control gets regenerated.