Changing multiple button-properties in a for-loop ?

[Wolfgang]

Dear all,

I've a lot of buttons named button1..button 100 and want to change some of there propertys.
Maintaining the overview I'm looking for a possibility for something like:

System::Windows ::Forms::Button * Wolfgang;

for (i=1;i<100;i++)
{
Wolfgang = ???;
Wolfgang->BackColor=Colo r::YellowGreen;
}

to avoid:

button1->BackColor = Color::YellowGr een;
button2->BackColor = Color::YellowGr een;
button3->BackColor = Color::YellowGr een;
....
But I don't know how to fill the gap ??? with code.

Many thanks for suggestions,

Wolfgang

[Steve McLellan]

Hi,

One thing you can do is to iterate through all the parent's controls,
attempt to cast each control to a Button and if it is a button, change its
colour. You could put your 100 buttons on their own Panel to make this
easier - then all the Panel's Controls will be Buttons.

Steve

"Wolfgang" <wo**********@y ahoo.de> wrote in message
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Dear all,

I've a lot of buttons named button1..button 100 and want to change some of
there propertys.
Maintaining the overview I'm looking for a possibility for something like:

System::Windows ::Forms::Button * Wolfgang;

for (i=1;i<100;i++)
{
Wolfgang = ???;
Wolfgang->BackColor=Colo r::YellowGreen;
}

to avoid:

button1->BackColor = Color::YellowGr een;
button2->BackColor = Color::YellowGr een;
button3->BackColor = Color::YellowGr een;
...
But I don't know how to fill the gap ??? with code.

Many thanks for suggestions,

Wolfgang

[Wolfgang]

Hello Steve,

Yes, that was also my suggestion but it leads to something like:

counter = dynamic_cast<Bu tton *>(Pad->Controls->Item[i]);

where I fetch the Button in the "counter"-variable.

Then I must decide if it's one of the Buttons I want to change (unfortunately you where right. I've

also Buttons A..Z which are not affected).

(O.k. I know I could use the tag-property for that)

and then change the property I want.

But for me it seems like searching for things I KNOW.

I know I want to change the Buttons named button1..100.

Hence I thought there would be a possibility to fetch

the button using it's name like button("button1 ");

Where I can change the string and get the according button.

But thanks for your suggestions.

Wolfgang

P.S.: If someone has a more elegant way than grouping the buttons

which belong together in a pannel to fetch them like described above

I'm still interested.

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"Steve McLellan" <sjm AT fixerlabs DOT com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:#o******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...

Hi,

One thing you can do is to iterate through all the parent's controls,
attempt to cast each control to a Button and if it is a button, change its
colour. You could put your 100 buttons on their own Panel to make this
easier - then all the Panel's Controls will be Buttons.

Steve

"Wolfgang" <wo**********@y ahoo.de> wrote in message
news:OV******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...

Dear all,

I've a lot of buttons named button1..button 100 and want to change some of
there propertys.
Maintaining the overview I'm looking for a possibility for something like:

System::Windows ::Forms::Button * Wolfgang;

for (i=1;i<100;i++)
{
Wolfgang = ???;
Wolfgang->BackColor=Colo r::YellowGreen;
}

to avoid:

button1->BackColor = Color::YellowGr een;
button2->BackColor = Color::YellowGr een;
button3->BackColor = Color::YellowGr een;
...
But I don't know how to fill the gap ??? with code.

Many thanks for suggestions,

Wolfgang

[Steve McLellan]

Hi,

You might be able to do what you suggest you'd need to use reflection. I've
not got any experience doing that, unfortunately. You might be able to use a
regex to match the text on the buttons, if they have similar labels. You
might also want to think about redesigning things - having >100 controls on
a single parent control seems a bit unnecessary, esp if they're unconnected
to other things. You can easily use the interface designer to add them to an
invisible control and add that control to the current parent.

Hope someone can give you some more hope, good luck!

Steve

Yes, that was also my suggestion but it leads to something like:

counter = dynamic_cast<Bu tton *>(Pad->Controls->Item[i]);

where I fetch the Button in the "counter"-variable.

Then I must decide if it's one of the Buttons I want to change
(unfortunately you where right. I've

also Buttons A..Z which are not affected).

(O.k. I know I could use the tag-property for that)

and then change the property I want.

But for me it seems like searching for things I KNOW.

I know I want to change the Buttons named button1..100.

Hence I thought there would be a possibility to fetch

the button using it's name like button("button1 ");

Where I can change the string and get the according button.

But thanks for your suggestions.

Wolfgang

P.S.: If someone has a more elegant way than grouping the buttons

which belong together in a pannel to fetch them like described above

I'm still interested.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Steve McLellan" <sjm AT fixerlabs DOT com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:#o******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...

Hi,

One thing you can do is to iterate through all the parent's controls,
attempt to cast each control to a Button and if it is a button, change
its
colour. You could put your 100 buttons on their own Panel to make this
easier - then all the Panel's Controls will be Buttons.

Steve

"Wolfgang" <wo**********@y ahoo.de> wrote in message
news:OV******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...

> Dear all,
>
> I've a lot of buttons named button1..button 100 and want to change some
> of
> there propertys.
> Maintaining the overview I'm looking for a possibility for something
> like:
>
> System::Windows ::Forms::Button * Wolfgang;
>
> for (i=1;i<100;i++)
> {
> Wolfgang = ???;
> Wolfgang->BackColor=Colo r::YellowGreen;
> }
>
> to avoid:
>
> button1->BackColor = Color::YellowGr een;
> button2->BackColor = Color::YellowGr een;
> button3->BackColor = Color::YellowGr een;
> ...
>
>
> But I don't know how to fill the gap ??? with code.
>
> Many thanks for suggestions,
>
> Wolfgang
>
>

[Tom Widmer]

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 17:10:58 +0100, "Wolfgang" <wo**********@y ahoo.de>
wrote:

Dear all,

I've a lot of buttons named button1..button 100 and want to change some of there propertys.
Maintaining the overview I'm looking for a possibility for something like:

System::Window s::Forms::Butto n * Wolfgang;

for (i=1;i<100;i++)
{
Wolfgang = ???;
Wolfgang->BackColor=Colo r::YellowGreen;
}

to avoid:

button1->BackColor = Color::YellowGr een;
button2->BackColor = Color::YellowGr een;
button3->BackColor = Color::YellowGr een;
...
But I don't know how to fill the gap ??? with code.

Put the buttons in an array (perhaps when you create them), and
iterate over that array.

Tom

[Wolfgang]

That sounds interesting,
Thanks for that idea - I'll have a try.

Wolfgang