Hi Rod,

Im again!

In my earlier version of vb6, i create controls at runtime using load. And i can identify with thier index. Here in Vb2005 im able to create controls at runtime, but how can i differentiates them. (by name is not suit for me) suggest anything for that works in a loop

my sample code like this
'i create 10 controls of text1 with the index of 0-9 (ofcourse the index is generated automatically)

x=me.tag
say_rev(x)

sub say_rev(x as integer)
    text1(x).backcolor=vbblue
    text1(x).forecolor=vbwhite
end sub
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can u suggest an alternative in vb 2005

thanks in advance

ackid32

You have two basic choices: store information in the control or store information outside of it.

You can put something on the control to identify it. For example, you can set its Name or Tag property. If you need the Tag property for something else, you can use semi-colons or some other delimiter to store multiple values in it. Or you can make an extender provider to add a new property to the controls (although that's more work).

Second, you can store information in some external data structure. For example, you could make a Dictionary and use the control as a key to look up other information such as an index. Or you could store references to the controls in an array and later look through the array until you find the one you want. A bit more awkward but simple.


Rod
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any exemples pls.

thanks
ackid32

Try this one:

    http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_net_control_array2.html


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