Assign Names from text File to Chech Box Labels

[CoachBarker]

I hope I can explain this.

VB.net Visual Studio 2005

What I need to do is take the names in a text file and read them into my application. That I have done and put them in an array but I don't want to write them to the console. Here it is in a module.

Module GetApplicationName
' Function Name: GetApplicationName()
' Purpose: To get the names of the applications that can be installed on the computers
' Created By: William J Barker
' Change Log:
' Date Created: 25 July 2007
' Modified:
Public Function GetApplicationName() As String
' error handling
Try
Dim sr As New StreamReader("../../Config/ApplicationsInstalled.txt")
Dim sLine As String = ""
Dim arrText As New ArrayList()

Do
sLine = sr.ReadLine()
If Not sLine Is Nothing Then
arrText.Add(sLine)
End If
Loop Until sLine Is Nothing
sr.Close()

For Each sLine In arrText
Console.WriteLine(sLine)
Next
Console.ReadLine()

Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox("Error occured in Module GetApplicationName. Method: GetApplicationName(). Error: " & ex.Message)
End Try
Return Nothing
End Function

End Module

now what I need to do is take each name in the array and assign it dynamically to a check box label. There needs to be one check box per name in the text file.

example
Word
Excel
Power Point
Access
Front Page
Dream Weaver

means 6 check boxes. I know this can be done by looping through the array and assigning the values but I have no idea where to start.

Thank you for your help
Coach Barker

[Plater]

For each entry in the names array:
create a new checkbox object.
set the various attributes of that checkbox (size, name/id, location maybe)
set the .Text property of it to be the name held in the area
add it to your parent container (Probably like this.Controls.Add() )

[CoachBarker]

For each entry in the names array:
create a new checkbox object.
set the various attributes of that checkbox (size, name/id, location maybe)
set the .Text property of it to be the name held in the area
add it to your parent container (Probably like this.Controls.Add() )

I know that is what I need to do, but how do I go about doing it. How do I access the array of names from my form?

[Plater]

I know that is what I need to do, but how do I go about doing it. How do I access the array of names from my form?

You already do it:

For Each sLine In arrText
Console.WriteLine(sLine)
Next
 

Just loop through your list of names like that and do the creating/adding of checkboxes there.

[CoachBarker]

You already do it:

For Each sLine In arrText
Console.WriteLine(sLine)
Next
 

Just loop through your list of names like that and do the creating/adding of checkboxes there.

Would you be willing to give me an example?