selecting custom controls in a panel

[Stephen.Schoenberger]

I have a windows form that has a panel on it. At runtime a custom
control is added multiple times to this panel. (anywhere from 1-50 of
them are added). I am trying to figure out how I can "select" just one
of these controls. I want this to lead to the ability to move the
controls up and down and insert/delete controls based on the current
control "selected"...

Any help/advise?

Thanks.

 

[hussain.saleem]

the added custom controls are added to the panel Controls collection.
you can look for through the collection look for specific control type
or name

foreach(Control child in panelObj.Controls)
{

if ( child is TextBox && TextBox.Name = "X" )
..........

}

 

[Guest]

Have you looked at adding a click delegate/eventhandler on control creation
so that when you select the custom control you can carry out the required
action.

 

[Guest]

Stephen,
When you dynamically create the control, bind the OnGotFocus event to a
method. When the control is selected, the control reference is sent in the
sender of the fired event. Just cast the sender object to your control type
using
obj1 x = sender as obj1; (where obj1 is the type)
and then check if x is null. If not null then the cast was successful, and
you can do work on the control.

Rick D.
Contractor