Adding a control programmatically...

[johnb41]

I want to create a textbox programmatically and add the SAME textbox to
to different panels. This code does not work:

Dim tb As New TextBox
tb.text = "xyz"
Panel1.Controls.Add(tb)
Panel2.Controls.Add(tb)

The textbox gets added to Panel2, but not Panel1. How can i get the
textbox to go to both panels? I can get it to work by duplicating the
code block... one code block puts the textbox in Panel1 and the other
one to Panel2. But i don't want to duplicate lots of code... i'd rather
have it in one code block.

Thanks!
John

[Stacey]

Why would you add the same control to both panels? Create two different
text boxes. Don't forget to assign their names (and I have found Tags useful
for dynamic controls).. and assign each to the panels.
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>I want to create a textbox programmatically and add the SAME textbox to
to different panels. This code does not work:

Dim tb As New TextBox
tb.text = "xyz"
Panel1.Controls.Add(tb)
Panel2.Controls.Add(tb)

The textbox gets added to Panel2, but not Panel1. How can i get the
textbox to go to both panels? I can get it to work by duplicating the
code block... one code block puts the textbox in Panel1 and the other
one to Panel2. But i don't want to duplicate lots of code... i'd rather
have it in one code block.

Thanks!
John

[johnb41]

I really need to add the same "kind" of control to 2 different panels.
The 2 panels need an identical interface.

After reading your reply, i see the problem. 2 panels cannot have the
EXACT same control. Each control is unique to itself. So i really do
need to create separate controls and then add them to the panels.

Thanks,
John

On Oct 12, 3:28 pm, "Stacey" <[e-mail]:

Why would you add the same control to both panels? Create two different
text boxes. Don't forget to assign their names (and I have found Tags useful
for dynamic controls).. and assign each to the panels."johnb41" <[e-mail] in messagenews:11**********************@m7g2000cwm.go oglegroups.com...

I want to create a textbox programmatically and add the SAME textbox to
to different panels. This code does not work:

Dim tb As New TextBox
tb.text = "xyz"
Panel1.Controls.Add(tb)
Panel2.Controls.Add(tb)

The textbox gets added to Panel2, but not Panel1. How can i get the
textbox to go to both panels? I can get it to work by duplicating the
code block... one code block puts the textbox in Panel1 and the other
one to Panel2. But i don't want to duplicate lots of code... i'd rather
have it in one code block.

Thanks!
John