Use a string to represent a control name

[raghunadhs]

Hi All,
Here my doubt is regarding to a picture box in VB 6.0

assume that i have few picture boxes in my appliaction named Picture1,picture2,picture3..etc.

And in my application, i have to load the pictures dynamically. i can load like...
Picture1.picture=Load picture("path of a .bmp)
Picture2.picture=Load picture("path of a .bmp)
Picture3.picture=Load picture("path of a .bmp)

But i am not interested to load like this. i want to write a method like this..

private sub subLoadPictures(byval pictrueName as string, byval PicturePath as string)
pictureName.picture=load picture(picturepath)
end sub

I tried this one, but could not get working properly.. could u please say how to use a string that represents the name of a picture.

Thanks:
regards:
raghunadhs.

[Robbie]

Hi All,
Here my doubt is regarding to a picture box in VB 6.0

assume that i have few picture boxes in my appliaction named Picture1,picture2,picture3..etc.

And in my application, i have to load the pictures dynamically. i can load like...
Picture1.picture=Load picture("path of a .bmp)
Picture2.picture=Load picture("path of a .bmp)
Picture3.picture=Load picture("path of a .bmp)

But i am not interested to load like this. i want to write a method like this..

private sub subLoadPictures(byval pictrueName as string, byval PicturePath as string)
pictureName.picture=load picture(picturepath)
end sub

I tried this one, but could not get working properly.. could u please say how to use a string that represents the name of a picture.

Thanks:
regards:
raghunadhs.

If you're using PictureBox controls, that's the type you should use for your sub.
Using your example:

private sub subLoadPictures(PictureObj as PictureBox, byval PicturePath as string)
PictureObj.picture=load picture(picturepath)
end sub

Notice also that I got rid of the ByVal. You probably shouldn't use that when referring to an actual object, rather than just a property of it. ;)
(I THINK that is true, at least)

[Killer42]

Thanks again, Robbie.

raghunadhs, you might be interested to know that you can refer to a control using a string as you suggested, by making use of the Controls collection. (Though normally you shouldn't need to). Assuming this code resides within a form (not a code module), you could have said:

Private Sub subLoadPicture(ByVal PictureName As String, ByVal PicturePath As String)
  Me.Controls(PictureName).Picture = LoadPicture(PicturePath)
end sub

A couple of things to consider...

• Your terms are a bit confusing. PictureName is the name of a PictureBox control, not the actual "picture". I think you need to differentiate between the picture and the control that displays it.
• It's probably better to just pass the control, as Robbie showed.
• If you haven't already, I highly recommend that you learn about control arrays. They are very useful for this kind of thing.

[raghunadhs]

Thanks again Killer, and thanks Robbie...
it is working. Killer... I am using the control arrays. But there are so many type of control arrays like picture1(0),picture2(0).. like that. I think you are familiar with my previous thread (drag and drop objects, in that example I am adding some more picture boxes).
For doing some experiments with that stuff I needed this type of common method which can represent a particular pictureBox, by taking picturebox name, and path as parameters.

Anyhow both of your examples have helped me a lot.

Thanks:
regards:
raghunahds

Thanks again, Robbie.

raghunadhs, you might be interested to know that you can refer to a control using a string as you suggested, by making use of the Controls collection. (Though normally you shouldn't need to). Assuming this code resides within a form (not a code module), you could have said:

Private Sub subLoadPicture(ByVal PictureName As String, ByVal