How do I make a Control Array in C# 2010.NET?

Question

I recently moved from Visual Basic 6 to C# 2010 .NET.

In Visual Basic 6 there was an option to put how many control arrays you would like to use by changing the \"i

Answer 1

That code snippet isn't going to get you very far. Creating a control array is no problem, just initialize it in the form constructor. You can then expose it as a property, although that's generally a bad idea since you don't want to expose implementation details. Something like this:

public partial class Form1 : Form {
    private TextBox[] textBoxes;

    public Form1() {
        InitializeComponent();
        textBoxes = new TextBox[] { textBox1, textBox2, textBox3 };
    }

    public ICollection TextBoxes {
        get { return textBoxes; }
    }
}

Which then lets you write:

var form = new Form1();
form.TextBoxes[0].Text = "hello";
form.Show();

But don't, let the form manage its own text boxes.