getting the ID of the current server control

[TB]

Hi All:

What would be the right way to get the ID of a server control inside an
event for that same server control?

For example:

I have this textbox called textbox1 which the following event code attached:

Private Sub textbox1_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handlestextbox1.TextChanged
if textbox1.Text.ToString() = "This is it" then
' something happens
end if
End Sub

Now, since I have lot of these textboxes with similar events, I would like
to make a generic code line (maybe for a sub), replacing "textbox1.Text"
with something like (pseudocode) "CurrentControl.Text"

What would be the right reference?

Thanks

TB

[Ceberhard]

Hi TB:

The sender parameter is your TextBox... all you need to do is cast it
to a TextBox DataType:
Dim oText As TextBox
oText = CType( sender, TextBox )

That (or something like it) should do it for you.

[Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]]

The "Sender" parameter of the event gives you a reference to the control that
sent it.

in VB.NET the "Me" keyword provides a reference to the current class
instance, in C#, "this".

So if you cast "Sender" to the control's type, you can get its ID and every
other property inside your single "generic" eventhandler's code.
Peter

--
Co-founder, Eggheadcafe.com developer portal:
http://www.eggheadcafe.com
UnBlog:
http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com


"TB" wrote:

Hi All:

What would be the right way to get the ID of a server control inside an
event for that same server control?

For example:

I have this textbox called textbox1 which the following event code attached:

Private Sub textbox1_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handlestextbox1.TextChanged
if textbox1.Text.ToString() = "This is it" then
' something happens
end if
End Sub

Now, since I have lot of these textboxes with similar events, I would like
to make a generic code line (maybe for a sub), replacing "textbox1.Text"
with something like (pseudocode) "CurrentControl.Text"

What would be the right reference?

Thanks

TB

[TB]

Thanks a lot.

TB
"Ceberhard" <ce*******@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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Hi TB:

The sender parameter is your TextBox... all you need to do is cast it
to a TextBox DataType:
Dim oText As TextBox
oText = CType( sender, TextBox )

That (or something like it) should do it for you.

[TB]

Thanks a lot for your advice.

TB

"Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]" <pb*******@yahoo.nospammin.com> wrote in message
news:B5**********************************@microsof t.com...

The "Sender" parameter of the event gives you a reference to the control
that
sent it.

in VB.NET the "Me" keyword provides a reference to the current class
instance, in C#, "this".

So if you cast "Sender" to the control's type, you can get its ID and
every
other property inside your single "generic" eventhandler's code.
Peter

--
Co-founder, Eggheadcafe.com developer portal:
http://www.eggheadcafe.com
UnBlog:
http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com


"TB" wrote:

Hi All:

What would be the right way to get the ID of a server control inside an
event for that same server control?

For example:

I have this textbox called textbox1 which the following event code
attached:

Private Sub textbox1_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
As
System.EventArgs) Handlestextbox1.TextChanged
if textbox1.Text.ToString() = "This is it" then
' something happens
end if
End Sub

Now, since I have lot of these textboxes with similar events, I would
like
to make a generic code line (maybe for a sub), replacing "textbox1.Text"
with something like (pseudocode) "CurrentControl.Text"

What would be the right reference?

Thanks

TB