Determine Control Name Dynamically?

[davidbeach]

Working on a project where I have multiple similarly named controls, Text Boxes in this case, where I want to build the control name in code and then assign the value.

For instance I have text boxes:
TB_A_1_1
TB_A_2_1
TB_A_1_2
TB_A_2_2

And I have the text that needs to go into those text boxes in a 2x2 string array. What I'd like to do is, within a set of loops, have one equation that would function as
TB_A_i_j.Text = Array(i,j)

Of course it doesn't seem to be that easy. Is there some way of doing this, or do I have to brute force it and have multiple IF statements (or other construct)?

Working in the VB portion of Visual Studio 2010.

 

[FrancisL]

Use an array of text boxes


Francis

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[davidbeach]

How would one create an array of text boxes? I think it might be possible to define them in code, but is there anyway to set them up in design?

 

[FrancisL]

Copy one then Paste the next

Francis

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[davidbeach]

Well, that got me looking in the right direction. Apparently the copy and paste method of creating control arrays ended with VB6. In VB2010 (Visual Studio Express 2010) the method that I found that works is in each subroutine where I want to use an array of TB_A_x_x would be to start with

Dim TB_A as TextBox(,)={{TB_A_1_1,TB_A_1_2},{TB_A_2_1,TB_A_2_2}}

Then I can use a pair of indices to control which text box I want. Too bad VB2010 doesn't have an OPTION BASE 1 option.