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

Not exactly like VB6, but it is quite easy to write the code your self in c#.

If you create a control, like a Button in the designer you can copy the code from the *.Designer.cs file

It typically looks like this

private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
...
this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(40, 294);
this.button1.Name = "button1";
this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
this.button1.TabIndex = 14;
this.button1.Text = "Button1";
this.button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
...
this.Controls.Add(this.button1);

Cut that code out and paste in a method instead, returning the Button

private Button CreateButton()
{
    private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;

    this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(40, 294); // <-- change location for each
    this.button1.Name = "button1";
    this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
    this.button1.TabIndex = 14; // <-- increase tab index or remove this line
    this.button1.Text = "Button1";
    this.button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
    this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);

    this.Controls.Add(this.button1);
    return button;
}

then call this method like this

List buttons = new List();
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
    buttons.Add(CreateButton());
}