Efficient code for beginners....

stevemcd999 · February 25th, 2009, 08:47 PM

Hi,

Can anyone please help me.

On page 58, the optional exercise is to create a <Clear> button that will clear all textboxes and place the cursor back to the first textbox ready for a new input.

Is there a way to clear the txtResult box/label?.....

...and is the following code the most efficient way of clearing the 2 input boxes and returning the cursor back to the first input box?

Code:

 
privatevoid btnClr_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
txtOperand1.Clear();
txtOperand2.Clear();
txtOperand1.Focus();
 
}

dparsons · February 26th, 2009, 03:16 PM

Hi Steve,
Without seeing the code you should be able to simply make the following calls to clear out the two controls that you noted:

csharp Code:

labelResult.Text = string.Empty;
textBoxResult.Clear();

Labels do not expose a Clear() method so you need to manually remove the text from its Text proprety.

AFAIK, the code provided is the most effecient way to clear our your controls. There are other ways to do it, of course, such as looping through the Form's Control collection, checking the type of control, and then prefrom some logic on it. IMHO maintaining / updating a form's state is one of the most mundane tasks a WinForms programmer can be charged to do.

hth.
-Doug

stevemcd999 · February 27th, 2009, 06:56 AM

thanks again for your help.

Steve