dyn buttons

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S c o t t K r a m e r

I'd like to add buttons dyn to a form, i can create new buttons, new .name &
..text properties, but i can't figure out the eventhandler

example I want to create a grid of buttons based on the itemno from a
database, then clik on the button & have it add that itemno to a list box,
or database...


Thanks!!
 
Scott, I gather you are using 'WithEvents' when you are defining the
buttons?
Show the code you are using.
 
S c o t t K r a m e r said:
I'd like to add buttons dyn to a form, i can create new buttons, new .name
&
.text properties, but i can't figure out the eventhandler
Click to expand...

Here is a simple example on how to do that with a button control:

\\\
Dim btn As New Button()
AddHandler btn.Click, AddressOf Me.btn_Click
Me.Controls.Add(btn)
///

Add the handler code:

\\\
Private Sub btn_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As EventArgs _
)
Dim SourceControl As Button = DirectCast(sender, Button)
MsgBox(SourceControl.Text)
End Sub
///
 
perfect thanks!!

Herfried K. Wagner said:
Here is a simple example on how to do that with a button control:

\\\
Dim btn As New Button()
AddHandler btn.Click, AddressOf Me.btn_Click
Me.Controls.Add(btn)
///

Add the handler code:

\\\
Private Sub btn_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As EventArgs _
)
Dim SourceControl As Button = DirectCast(sender, Button)
MsgBox(SourceControl.Text)
End Sub
///
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If I use this to build 20 buttons on the screen, how do I also remove these
controls?
 
S c o t t K r a m e r said:
If I use this to build 20 buttons on the screen, how do I also remove
these controls?
Click to expand...

You can add the controls to an arraylist and later loop through the list and
use 'Me.Controls.Remove(...)'. to remove the control from the form.
 
ok, i did that & it works, is there a way to group these instead of removing
them by the indexes? so that i can have multiple sets of dynamic buttons?

'cause as you remove buttons the indexes actually shift on the still active
buttons...
 
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