assuming that object from arraylist is button ??

[Grisha0]

hi,

System.Collections.ArrayList a = new ArrayList();
Button b = new Button();
b.Top= 40;
b.Left= 30;
b.Parent= this;
b.Text ="blah blah blah";
a.Add(b);
b.Text= (Button)a[0].text;
 

\c\Form1.cs(124): 'object' does not contain a definition for 'text'

how to tell the compiler that this is button ... and get the value from
it...
help please ...

[Peter Chadwick (MCP)]

May be a little typo, but would give the error you list...

On your last line, the text property needs to have an upper case T

i.e.:

b.Text = (Button)a[0].Text;
Regards,

Peter Chadwick (MCP)
pe**@code-explorers.com

[Grisha0]

Peter Chadwick (MCP) wrote:

May be a little typo, but would give the error you list...

On your last line, the text property needs to have an upper case T

i.e.:

b.Text = (Button)a[0].Text;
Regards,

Peter Chadwick (MCP)
pe**@code-explorers.com

there was a typo but it didn't solve the problem ... now it is Text...
and the error still exists...

[Peter Chadwick (MCP)]

In that case, some extra brackets should solve your problem. You want
the Text property AFTER you have cast the object to a button. And after
all, brackets are free :-)

b.Text= ((Button)a[0]).Text;
Regards,

Peter Chadwick (MCP)
pe**@code-explorers.com

[Grisha0]

Grisha0 wrote:

Peter Chadwick (MCP) wrote:

May be a little typo, but would give the error you list...

On your last line, the text property needs to have an upper case T

i.e.:

b.Text = (Button)a[0].Text;
Regards,

Peter Chadwick (MCP)
pe**@code-explorers.com

there was a typo but it didn't solve the problem ... now it is Text...
and the error still exists...

found it :D

was : b.Text = (Button)a[0].Text;
should be: b.Text = ((Button)a[0]).Text;

[Lasse Vågsæther Karlsen]

Grisha0 wrote:

Peter Chadwick (MCP) wrote:

May be a little typo, but would give the error you list...

On your last line, the text property needs to have an upper case T

i.e.:

b.Text = (Button)a[0].Text;
Regards,

Peter Chadwick (MCP)
pe**@code-explorers.com

there was a typo but it didn't solve the problem ... now it is Text...
and the error still exists...

(Button)a[0].Text is the same as: (Button)(a[0].Text)
ie. it typecasts the Text property of Object, if that existed, but it
doesn't, hence the error.

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