VB6 to VB.NET Indexing Help

[David S. Zuza]

Hey,

I am new to .NET and I would like to index a button control on my form
just like I used to be able to in VB6. In VB6 all I had to do was create one
control and new to something like

cmdButton()

and then I could copy it in the design window and refer to anyone of the
buttons by refencing its index like

cmdButton(43).Backcolor = vbRed

how could I accomplish the same thing in .NET

I was considering creating each button at runtime but it would be better if
I could design and place each button considering that there is over 80
different buttons and their placement is crucial.

thanks for the help in advance

 

[Supra]

index is not longer to used in vb.net
use array
dim tb() as textbox
u can copy and paste it

Dim textboxGrid(8, 8) As TextBox
Private Sub makeGrid()
Dim txtBox As TextBox
Dim xPos, yPos As Integer

yPos = 45
For row As Integer = 0 To 8
xPos = 20
For column As Integer = 0 To 8
txtBox = New TextBox
txtBox.Parent = Me
txtBox.Location = New Point(xPos, yPos)
txtBox.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle
txtBox.Multiline = True
txtBox.Size = New Size(50, 50)
txtBox.Text = "0"
txtBox.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Center
textboxGrid(row, column) = txtBox
Me.Controls.Add(txtBox)
xPos += 50
Next
yPos += 50
Next
End Sub
the u will have to do "for each" and "typeof"
regards

 

[David S. Zuza]

Thanks but I did not want to create them at runtime,

I need to edit them at design time but update them during runtime. Also,
they will be located at specific locations on the screen (not in a grid) and
they will differ in size.

There has to be a better way

David Zuza

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Maybe this will help.

http://www.windowsforms.net/default.aspx?tabindex=6&tabid=47&ItemID=16&mid=142

Ken

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

David,

This answer I gave some days ago on an almost ( a little bit more
complicated) same question

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb/msg/4af9b70cb8f9e2f6?hl=en&

I hope this helps you as well,

Cor