It seems like it is not possible to access member variable from a property page as described below.

I have a sheet holder and two property page which are page1 and page2

From page 1, I went to the class wizard and created a member variable named m_Edit which is type of control.

Now, from the main page, the page that hold property sheet 1 and 2 I went to the OnInitDialog and do something like that

m_Edit.SetWindowText("Some Text);//not working

however, if I do something like that it works fine

CEdit* pEdit;
pEdit = (CEdit*)Page1->GetDlgItem(IDC_EDIT1);
pEdit->SetWindowText("Some Text");

I wonder if there is a possibility where I can make the first case work. It will take me time if I can't, because I do have a dialog with a lot of control on it, I would like to change it to property page in order to make it user friendly. It would have been easier for me if I can drage these control and put them to different seet without any change. For the second case, I have to make a lot of changes.