Access object through String ?

[Cerebrus99]

Hi,

Say, I have 20 textboxes on my form placed in different panels, groupboxes.
The names of the textboxes range from "TextBox1" to "TextBox20".

I want to get a reference to each textbox using it's already known name, as
in :
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Dim i As Integer
For i = 1 To 20
Dim txt As TextBox = CType("Textbox" & i, TextBox)
^^^^^^^^^^
txt.Text = "Number " & i
Next
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But of course, the above code doesn't even compile, since a String cannot be
converted to a System.Windows.Forms.TextBox. Of course, I could use other
options(Such as For-each loops), but my main purpose is not that. (See
below)

So, my question actually is: How do I use a dynamically constructed string,
containing the name of an Object (or Control) to get a reference to the
Object itself ?

Regards,

Cerebrus.

[Cerebrus99]

Oh Never mind !

I see someone asked the very same question at this very same time and
already got a reply !

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...2b99dd65a427d1

Some coincidence !

:-)

Cerbrus.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Cerebrus99" <zo*****@sify.com> schrieb:

Say, I have 20 textboxes on my form placed in different panels,
groupboxes.
The names of the textboxes range from "TextBox1" to "TextBox20".

I want to get a reference to each textbox using it's already known name,
as
in :
[...]
Dim txt As TextBox = CType("Textbox" & i, TextBox)

Accessing controls by their names or indices
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