Textbox array in Class

[Jetean]

Hi:
I wrote this code:

Class Manager
private TextBox[] aTextbox = new TextBox[10];
private string[] sD = new string[10];
public SerialManager()
        {
            for (int k = 0; k < aTextbox.Length; k++)
            {
                aTextbox[k] = new TextBox();
            }
}
         void comPort_DataReceived(object sender, SerialDataReceivedEventArgs e)
        {
            string msg= comPort.ReadTo("\r");
            TabulatedData(msg);
        }
        public void TabulatedData(string msg)
        {
            for(int j=0;j<7;++j)
            {
                sD[j] = msg.Substring(7 + j * 4, 4);
                aTextbox[j].Text = sD[j];
 
            }
 
        }
 

The above code is only partial. I can get the value in sD[ j ], but I'm not able to Display with window Form.
If I have a Form with Textboxes , How can I Display Values From the Class ?

Thanks

[Plater]

You would need to add the textboxes to your Form.Controls collection.

[Jetean]

You would need to add the textboxes to your Form.Controls collection.

How to add ? Can you show me?

Thanks

[Plater]

myForm.Controls.Add(someTextBox)

[Jetean]

myForm.Controls.Add(someTextBox)

Ah, Ok. But I think may be I question is misunderstood. I have this problem where I created an array of Textboxes in Class file, but I would like to display the textboxes values from Class file onto Form class
just like this


Class.Atextbox=Textbox1;

But how to do it in Array

Class.Atextbox[]=Textbox [] ???

Thanks

[Plater]

Well your class confuses me. You store the values of the textboxes AS well as the textbox(which includes the value).
Seems a bit bloated/redundant?

[Jetean]

Well your class confuses me. You store the values of the textboxes AS well as the textbox(which includes the value).
Seems a bit bloated/redundant?

Hi Plater:
I created a class so that I can reused the code again. The class will continously update data and display value in textboxes. So At Form my code will be minimum. I only need to "map" the textboxes from the Form relatively to the Class textboxes during intial Form load.

by the way what Controls.add can do if all the textboxes are added to control, any example on the usage?

[Plater]

Hmm, you don;'t normally abstract the GUI out of the GUI, but I guess it could work.
You could have a function in your class like such:

public void AddControls(ControlCollection c)
{
   foreach(TextBox t in aTextbox)
   {
      //some design code for 't' can go here
      c.Add(t);
   }
}
 

Then you could either pass in this.Controls, or like myGroupBox.Controls and it will dump the textboxes into there.
Note: You may have to do some design code too like location/size/etc

[Jetean]

Hmm, you don;'t normally abstract the GUI out of the GUI, but I guess it could work.
You could have a function in your class like such:

public void AddControls(ControlCollection c)
{
   foreach(TextBox t in aTextbox)
   {
      //some design code for 't' can go here
      c.Add(t);
   }
}
 

Then you could either pass in this.Controls, or like myGroupBox.Controls and it will dump the textboxes into there.
Note: You may have to do some design code too like location/size/etc

Platter:
You are saying I add a Function at Form or the Class that I created? ControlCollection can only be found in Form but not Class.cs?

Then you could either pass in this.Controls, or like myGroupBox.Controls and it will dump the textboxes into there.

Can you elaborate more?

Thanks

[Plater]

I said to put it in your class, if you wanted to keep the textboxes in there.
But you could do it either way.