I have a form (Windows Forms) with dynamically created textboxes:
TextBox[] tbxCantServ = new TextBox[1];
int i;
for (i = 0; i < tbxCantServ.Length; i++)
{
tbxCantServ[i] = new TextBox();
}
foreach (TextBox tbxActualCant in tbxCantServ)
{
tbxActualCant.Location = new Point(iHorizontal, iVertical);
tbxActualCant.Name = "tbx" + counter++;
tbxActualCant.Visible = true;
tbxActualCant.Width = 44;
tbxActualCant.MaxLength = 4;
this.Controls.Add(tbxActualCant);
}
Now I want to fill them with data, how could I do that?
If I created some textboxes dynamically with the names:
"tbxActualServ.Name = "txt" + counter;"
How can I write in them? How can I access to them?
For example, if I have created tbx1, tbx2 and tbx3, I would have a "for" that fills tbx1.Text with "1", tbx2.Text with "2", and tbx3.Text with "3".
something like
"for from i=0 to counter {
tbx[i] = i
}"
of like:
this.Controls.OfType<TextBox>().Where(r => r.Name == "tbx" + counter).¿¿Write??(r => r.Text = i).ToString();
Thanks!
You could do something like this:
this.Controls.OfType<TextBox>().ToList<TextBox>().ForEach(tb => tb.Text = "bla bla");
Evening,
Guessing from your tags that this is a web forms project.. Im going to have to make some other assumptions.
I am guessing that you are creating your text boxes in code, something like
TextBox tb1 = new TextBox();
form1.Controls.Add(tb1);
TextBox tb2 = new TextBox();
form1.Controls.Add(tb2);
If this is the case then I believe that you could do something like this:
for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
{
TextBox tb1 = page.findControl("tb" + i.ToString());
tb1.Text = "This is number " + i.ToString();
}
There is another alternative, you could keep a collection of the controls as you create them, you could then iterate over the collection.
To be honest, without more details about your code it will be difficult to give a full answer, I think that this answers what you are looking for, if not update your question with more details and more of the code (the code where you are dynamically creating the controls would be useful)
While it's possible to access controls by their names (the way you do it depends on the technology - are you using WinForms, WPF, Web Forms, ...?), using an array of controls is a much better solution. Here's some pseudo-C#:
MyControl[] controls = new MyControl[length];
for(int n = 0; n < controls.Length; n++)
{
controls[n] = new MyControl(...);
}
// ...
for(int n = 0; n < controls.Length; n++)
{
DoSomethingWith( controls[n] );
}
Related
I have list where are 6 sentences which I want to put in 6 different labels.
All six labels are named Slot0Sentence, Slot1Sentence, Slot2Sentence...
This is how I loop
for (int i = 0; i < ls.Count; i++)
{
Slot0Sentence.Text = ls[i];
}
However I dont know how to access other labels.
If there would be normal string I would do Slot + i + Sentence but in this case this dont work.
with an array of labels you can control their properties. you don't need design here, you can do that with code.
Label[] l = new Label[6];
int x = 20;
for (int i = 0; i < l.Length; i++)
{
l[i] = new Label();
l[i].Name = "Hello " + i.ToString();
l[i].Text = "Hello " + i.ToString();
l[i].Location = new Point(x, 10);
x += 100;
}
you can change the names and text to whatever you like.
I'd just use Children property of parent container (Grid, StackPanel,..). This gives you a collection which supports indexes. Additionally, in case you have different controls, use if statement
if(element in Label)
{
element.Text = ...
}
string[] board = new string[9];
for (var i = 0; i < 9; i++)
{
board[i] = (textBox1.Text);
}
I'm trying to make a loop which puts the text of textboxes in the array, but I can't figure out how to put the i variable in the 'textBox.Text' statement. I've tried this:
board[i] = ("textBox" + i + ".Text");
But this returns 'textBox1.Text'. How do I make the textbox.Text statement 'compatible' with the for loop?
You didn't tell us what API are you using as #Jeppe Stig Nielsen commented.
Asp.net? WPF? Windows Forms?
In Asp.net you can use FindControl method
string[] board = new string[9];
for (var i = 0; i < 9; i++)
{
board[i] = ((TextBox)FindControl("textBox" + i)).Text
}
In WPF you can use FindName method:
string[] board = new string[9];
for (var i = 0; i < 9; i++)
{
board[i] = ((TextBox)this.FindName("textBox" + i)).Text;
}
Use more meaningful control names if you want to maintain your code sometime. The business logic should not be dependent on control names.
However, if you want to get an array of all textboxes in a container control like the form you could also use LINQ:
string[] board = this.Controls.OfType<TextBox>()
.Where(txt => txt.Name.StartsWith("textBox"))
.Select(txt => txt.Text)
.ToArray();
If you only want to take textboxes from 1-9:
var txtNames = Enumerable.Range(1, 9).Select(i => "textBox" + i);
string[] board = this.Controls.OfType<TextBox>()
.Where(txt => txtNames.Contains(txt.Name))
.Select(txt => txt.Text)
.ToArray();
Try this ,
string[] arr= new String[3];
for (int i = 0; i <= 2; i++)
{
TextBox testTextBox = (TextBox)this.Controls["textBox" + i.ToString()];
arr[i] = testTextBox.Text;
}
I'm trying to make a small app, for make my job easier creating definitions (new web forms aspx) via WinForms C#.
Now I have this form, where I tell the app how many textboxes I want to create.
After their creation, I want to assign to a string the textboxes values that I wrote.
private void CreateControls()
{
for (int index = 0; index < NumberOfRows; index++)
{
TextBox textBox = new TextBox();
textBox.Name = "TextBox" + (index + 1).ToString();
textBox.Size = new Size(120, 20);
textBox.Location = new Point(X, Y + 26);
ComboBox comboBox = new ComboBox();
comboBox.Name = "ComboBox" + (index + 1).ToString();
comboBox.Size = new Size(75, 20);
comboBox.Location = new Point(141, Y + 26);
comboBox.DataSource = Enum.GetNames(typeof(DataTypes));
Y += 26;
this.Controls.Add(textBox);
this.Controls.Add(comboBox);
}
}
Now, I don't know how to check if the textboxes are created, and then take their values.
Could anyone refer me something? Thanks :)!
You'll need to, on Page_Load, find those controls and grab their values. Since you gave them meaningful names when you created them, this should do the trick:
for (int index = 0; index < NumberOfRows; index++)
{
TextBox textBox = this.FindControl(
string.Format("TextBox{0}", index)) as TextBox;
if (textBox == null) { continue; } // this means it wasn't found
var text = textBox.Text;
// work with the text
}
However, if the ComboBox class you're using isn't a third-party one and it's not an ASP.NET application, the code would work for a Windows Forms application as well with a minor modification:
for (int index = 0; index < NumberOfRows; index++)
{
// you have to use the Find method of the ControlCollection
TextBox textBox = this.Controls.Find(
string.Format("TextBox{0}", index)) as TextBox;
if (textBox == null) { continue; } // this means it wasn't found
var text = textBox.Text;
// work with the text
}
I tend to agree with the community that it's probably a Windows Forms application because you can't set the Location of a standard ASP.NET control. However, if these are user controls, or third-party ones, that support those properties and render the appropriate CSS then we'd never know.
if(Page.FindControl("IDofControl") != null)
//exists
else
//does no exists
Suppose I have this in page load:
Label lblc = new Label();
for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
{
lblc.Text = i.ToString();
this.Controls.Add(lblc);
}
How can I manipulate each of these controls at run time?
I want to:
Set/get their text.
Reference a particular control, in this case Label.
Use an array if you know how many labels you will have,
Label[] lblc = new Label[10];
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
lblc[i] = new Label() { Text = (i + 1).ToString() };
this.Controls.Add(lblc[i]);
}
Then you will reference the textbox 1 with lblc[0] and textbox 2 with lblc[1] and so on. Alternatively if you do not know how many labels you will have you can always use something like this.
List<Label> lblc = new List<Label>();
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
lblc.Add(new Label() { Text = (i + 1).ToString() });
this.Controls.Add(lblc[i]);
}
You reference it the same way as the array just make sure you declare the List or the array outside your method so you have scope throughout your program.
Suppose you want to do TextBoxes as well as Labels well then to track all your controls you can do it through the same list, take this example where each Label has its own pet TextBox
List<Control> controlList = new List<Control>();
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
control.Add(new Label() { Text = control.Count.ToString() });
this.Controls.Add(control[control.Count - 1]);
control.Add(new TextBox() { Text = control.Count.ToString() });
this.Controls.Add(control[control.Count - 1]);
}
Good luck! Anything else that needs to be added just ask.
Your code creates only one control. Because, label object creation is in outside the loop. you can use like follows,
for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
{
Label lblc = new Label();
lblc.Text = i.ToString();
lblc.Name = "Test" + i.ToString(); //Name used to differentiate the control from others.
this.Controls.Add(lblc);
}
//To Enumerate added controls
foreach(Label lbl in this.Controls.OfType<Label>())
{
.....
.....
}
Better to set the Name and then use that to distinguese between the controls
for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
{
Label lblc = new Label();
lblc.Name = "lbl_"+i.ToString();
lblc.Text = i.ToString();
this.Controls.Add(lblc);
}
when:
public void SetTextOnControlName(string name, string newText)
{
var ctrl = Controls.First(c => c.Name == name);
ctrl.Text = newTExt;
}
Usage:
SetTextOnControlName("lbl_2", "yeah :D new text is awsome");
I am trying to do something like this:
for (int i = 1; i < nCounter ; i++)
{
string dvName = "dv" + i.ToString();
System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView dvName = new DataGridView();
// other operations will go here..
}
As you can guess, what I am trying to do is at i == 1, create a DataGridView with name dv1, and at i == 2, create a DataGridView with name dv2, but I can't.
Visual studio squiggles saying "a local variable named dvName is already delared in this scope" I also tried the following:
for (int i = 1; i <nCounter ; i++)
{
System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView dv & i = new DataGridView();
// other operations will go here..
}
But VS squiggles again, I hope you understood what I am trying to accomplish. Can anyone suggest how can I do this?
What you really need is a Dictionary<int, DataGridView> grids. Populate it in your for loop (grids[i] = new DataGridView();) and then, later, use the required grid (grids[someCalculatedIndex])
Hope this helps.
try a data structure where you can hold your variables eg dict etc
System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<string,System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView>
grids = new Dictionary<string,System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView>();
for (int i = 1; i <nCounter ; i++)
{
grids.Add("dv" + i.ToString(), new DataGridView());
}
// to work on grid 1
DataGridView grid1 = grids["dv1"];
// so on
So your are trying to create the variable name dynamically? That's not possible. Why not use an Array or a List (or even a Dictionary)? Or do you want to just set the name of the control?
var list = new List<DataGridView>();
for (int i = 1; i <nCounter ; i++)
{
System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView dvName = new DataGridView();
dvName.Name = "dv" + i.ToString();
list.Add(dvName);
// other operations will go here..
}
foreach (var dv in list)
{
...do something...
}
DataGridView secondDv = list.Single(dv=>dv.Name == "dv2");
secondDv.DoSomething()
Not clear want you want to do...