Form Design Question

[Eric Klein]

I am creating an appliaction that I have a main form and then a RadPanel that depending on what the user selects from the menu will then load a user control(form) into the panel.  But I need to access data from the main form.  My question is, is this a good design or is the re a bteer way to have screen s load into the app.  Also if this a good design how do I get values from a dropdown on the main form when the child loads, and then if I change the value on the dropdown how do I get the child control to reload based on the value in the dropdown.

[Eric Klein]

I have switched to making the main for a mid Parent and the inner forms children. My issue with this is the Mdi child window opens and the title bar is u dee the rad menu bar on the parent. How do I get the mid child to only use the area on the main screen that is under the menu bar.