Visual Basic 2010 Creating a Control Array

Question

How can I make a control array? Or the equivalent.

I am used to Visual Basic 6 which presents the option of whether to create a control array when I copy and paste a

Answer 1

You can act only through code. For example:

Dim c() As TextBox
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    Dim j As Integer
    For j = 0 To 10
        ReDim Preserve c(j)
        c(j) = New TextBox
        c(j).Name = "txt" & j
        c(j).Parent = Me
        c(j).Top = j * c(j).PreferredHeight + 2
        c(j).Tag = j
        c(j).Visible = True
        AddHandler c(j).KeyPress, AddressOf TestKeyPress
    Next
End Sub

Public Sub TestKeyPress(source As Object, e As KeyPressEventArgs)
    Dim index As Integer
    index = CInt(source.tag)
    If index >= 5 Then
        If e.KeyChar > "9" Or e.KeyChar < "0" Then
            e.Handled = True
        End If
    Else
        If e.KeyChar <= "9" And e.KeyChar >= "0" Then
            e.Handled = True
        End If
    End If
End Sub

This will create eleven text boxes assigning to all the same event handler.

The TAG property is used to store and retrieve the idex of the text box.