i have textboxes with ids tb1,tb2,tb3...
now i want to set text to these textboxes somehow like

for (i=1;i<5;i++)
("tb"+i).Text = i;

obviously it won't work.
How to translate ("tb"+i) into actual control id?
is there anyway to access properties of controls using ids stored in
variables ?

please help
thanks a lot

ashim,
Yes. You can store all the controls in a Hashtable at startup and access
them from there by key.

Otherwise, what you what to do is more like
foreach (Control c in this.Controls0
{
if (c.id.Substring(0,2)=="tb')
// your cool stuff here
}

.... etc

Peter

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"ashim" wrote:

> i have textboxes with ids tb1,tb2,tb3...
> now i want to set text to these textboxes somehow like
>
> for (i=1;i<5;i++)
> ("tb"+i).Text = i;
>
> obviously it won't work.
> How to translate ("tb"+i) into actual control id?
> is there anyway to access properties of controls using ids stored in
> variables ?
>
> please help
> thanks a lot
>

Use the controls collection member of the form or reflection to implement
what you need

"ashim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:87B8A801-2C7F-4E08-B1B7-(E-Mail Removed)...
>i have textboxes with ids tb1,tb2,tb3...
> now i want to set text to these textboxes somehow like
>
> for (i=1;i<5;i++)
> ("tb"+i).Text = i;
>
> obviously it won't work.
> How to translate ("tb"+i) into actual control id?
> is there anyway to access properties of controls using ids stored in
> variables ?
>
> please help
> thanks a lot
>

Thanks Peter. I was thinking,
without looping through all the controls, if we could have something like
getControl(id) to get the control's reference directly.


"Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]" wrote:

> ashim,
> Yes. You can store all the controls in a Hashtable at startup and access
> them from there by key.
>
> Otherwise, what you what to do is more like
> foreach (Control c in this.Controls0
> {
> if (c.id.Substring(0,2)=="tb')
> // your cool stuff here
> }
>
> ... etc
>
> Peter
>
> --
> Co-founder, Eggheadcafe.com developer portal:
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com
> UnBlog:
> http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com
>
>
>
>
> "ashim" wrote:
>
> > i have textboxes with ids tb1,tb2,tb3...
> > now i want to set text to these textboxes somehow like
> >
> > for (i=1;i<5;i++)
> > ("tb"+i).Text = i;
> >
> > obviously it won't work.
> > How to translate ("tb"+i) into actual control id?
> > is there anyway to access properties of controls using ids stored in
> > variables ?
> >
> > please help
> > thanks a lot
> >

ashim wrote:

> Thanks Peter. I was thinking,
> without looping through all the controls, if we could have something like
> getControl(id) to get the control's reference directly.
>
>
> "Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]" wrote:
>
>
>>ashim,
>>Yes. You can store all the controls in a Hashtable at startup and access
>>them from there by key.
>>
>>Otherwise, what you what to do is more like
>>foreach (Control c in this.Controls0
>>{
>>if (c.id.Substring(0,2)=="tb')
>>// your cool stuff here
>>}
>>
>>... etc
>>
>>Peter
>>
>>--
>>Co-founder, Eggheadcafe.com developer portal:
>>http://www.eggheadcafe.com
>>UnBlog:
>>http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"ashim" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>i have textboxes with ids tb1,tb2,tb3...
>>>now i want to set text to these textboxes somehow like
>>>
>>>for (i=1;i<5;i++)
>>>("tb"+i).Text = i;
>>>
>>>obviously it won't work.
>>>How to translate ("tb"+i) into actual control id?
>>>is there anyway to access properties of controls using ids stored in
>>>variables ?
>>>
>>>please help
>>>thanks a lot
>>>


for (i=1;i<5;i++)
owningControl.Controls["tb"+i].Text = i;

HTH,
Andy