Loop and addressing other controls

[jcrouse]

I am trying trying to loop through some label controls and setting some
properties for the labels I'm looping through. Currently I am addressing the
labels one at a time with IF...Then logic, like this:

If lblP1JoyUp.Bord erStyle = BorderStyle.Fix edSingle Then

lblP1JoyUp.Top = 10

lblP1JoyUp.Left = 10

lblP1JoyUp.Heig ht = 24

lblP1JoyUp.Widt h = 100

lblP1JoyUp.Visi ble = False

lblP1JoyUp.Back Color = Color.Transpare nt

lblP1JoyUp.Fore Color = Color.White

lblP1JoyUp.Font = frm1.Font

lblP1JoyUp.Bord erStyle = BorderStyle.Non e

frmLC.chkP1JoyU p.Checked = False

End If

It checks to see if a label is selected (Borderstyle.Fi xedSingle) and if so.
Changes a bunch of the labels properties. I don't have a problem changing
this code with my loop. However, the last line sets the status of a checkbox
on a different form. As you can see the checkbox name corresponds with the
labelname. I can't seem to figure out how to address the checkbox in my loop
code. Here is my loop code:

For Each ctrl As Label In Me.Controls

If TypeOf ctrl Is Label Then

If ctrl.BorderStyl e = BorderStyle.Fix edSingle Then

'Dim strlblCheck As CheckBox

'strlblCheck.Na me = "chk" & ctrl.ToString

ctrl.Top = 10

ctrl.Left = 10

ctrl.Height = 24

ctrl.Width = 100

ctrl.Visible = False

ctrl.BackColor = Color.Transpare nt

ctrl.ForeColor = Color.White

ctrl.Font = frm1.Font

ctrl.BorderStyl e = BorderStyle.Non e

'frmLC.strlblch eck.Checked = False

End If

End If

Next

You can see by the commented lines that I've tried a few things, but no
luck yet. What do I need to do here?

Thanks,

John

[Imran Koradia]

There are 2 ways you can do this:

One is to loop through the controls in frmLC and find the one you are
looking for:

If lblP1JoyUp.Bord erStyle = BorderStyle.Fix edSingle then

[Cor Ligthert]

John,

My favorite recursive control loop documentated in this message (typed so
watch typos)

I thought everything was in this answer you was asking.

I hope this gives an idea?

Cor
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Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVa l sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArg s) Handles MyBase.Load
doset(Me)
'It starts on a top place, can be any place by instance
'a button event, however it starts with Me which is
'the form itself which inherits from "Control"
'because it takes only the objects which inherits from "Control"
'it uses early binding
End Sub
'------------------
Private Sub doSet(ByVal thisCtr As Control)
Dim ctr As Control
'a placeholder for the reference of the object is created
For Each ctr In thisCtr.Control s
'The first time each (parent)control on a form
If TypeOf ctr Is Label
'Look if the "Control" is a label
ctr.text = "This you can do for every property from that label
End if
doSet(ctr)
'check if the control has children and do for that the same
Next
End Sub
///

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "jcrouse" <me> scripsit:

It checks to see if a label is selected (Borderstyle.Fi xedSingle) and if so.
Changes a bunch of the labels properties. I don't have a problem changing
this code with my loop. However, the last line sets the status of a checkbox
on a different form. As you can see the checkbox name corresponds with the
labelname. I can't seem to figure out how to address the checkbox in my loop
code.

\\\
Private Function FindControl( _
ByVal ControlName As String, _
ByVal CurrentControl As Control _
) As Control
Dim ctr As Control
For Each ctr In CurrentControl. Controls
If ctr.Name = ControlName Then
Return ctr
Else
ctr = FindControl(Con trolName, ctr)
If Not ctr Is Nothing Then
Return ctr
End If
End If
Next ctr
End Function
///

Usage:

\\\
DirectCast(Find Control("Button 1", Me), Button).Enabled = False
///

Notice that the procedure listed above is "slow", if you have to access a
lot of controls by name very often, you should store references to them in a
'Hashtable' object. You can use the name of the control as key:

\\\
Private m_Controls As New Hashtable()
///

Adding a control:

\\\
Dim DynamicPictureB ox As New PictureBox()
DynamicPictureB ox.Name = "PictureBox 1"
m_Controls.Add( DynamicPictureB ox.Name, DynamicPictureB ox)
///

Looking for a control:

\\\
Dim p As PictureBox = DirectCast(m_Co ntrols.Item("Pi ctureBox1"), PictureBox)
///

Removing a control:

\\\
m_Controls.Remo ve("PictureBox1 ")
///

Sometimes it's even better to add the control to an array. This will allow
fast and easy index-based access to the control references:

\\\
Dim MyLabels() As Label = {Label1, Label2, ..., Label10}
///

Access by 'MyLabels(0)' to 'MyLabels(9)'.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>