How to add multiple controls at runTime ?
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Hi i want to add multiple controls to my form at runtime, for example, i have a single button on my form, when i click this button, the second button add to my form, again, when i click on first button, the third button add to my form and so on, this code is something like this :
private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Button btn = new Button();
btn.Location = new Point(this.button3.Location.X + 80, this.button3.Location.Y);
this.Controls.Add(btn);
}but the above code add only the first button at runTime and when i click again on button3 (in this example), the third button does not add to form. i think that it's couse by name of the controls which being create and it should have dynamic name for that control. can anybody has experience in this issue ? how to solve my problem ? Thanks
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Hi i want to add multiple controls to my form at runtime, for example, i have a single button on my form, when i click this button, the second button add to my form, again, when i click on first button, the third button add to my form and so on, this code is something like this :
private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Button btn = new Button();
btn.Location = new Point(this.button3.Location.X + 80, this.button3.Location.Y);
this.Controls.Add(btn);
}but the above code add only the first button at runTime and when i click again on button3 (in this example), the third button does not add to form. i think that it's couse by name of the controls which being create and it should have dynamic name for that control. can anybody has experience in this issue ? how to solve my problem ? Thanks
Looks like your building buttons on top of each other. Isn't it always going to set the location to the same place for every button?
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Hi i want to add multiple controls to my form at runtime, for example, i have a single button on my form, when i click this button, the second button add to my form, again, when i click on first button, the third button add to my form and so on, this code is something like this :
private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Button btn = new Button();
btn.Location = new Point(this.button3.Location.X + 80, this.button3.Location.Y);
this.Controls.Add(btn);
}but the above code add only the first button at runTime and when i click again on button3 (in this example), the third button does not add to form. i think that it's couse by name of the controls which being create and it should have dynamic name for that control. can anybody has experience in this issue ? how to solve my problem ? Thanks
I would suggest: 1. Finding the previously added button and setting the new X relative to that through iteration/foreach. 2. Referencing the last control in the Controls list (might be the last one) using the length/count of the list.
modified on Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:12 AM
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I would suggest: 1. Finding the previously added button and setting the new X relative to that through iteration/foreach. 2. Referencing the last control in the Controls list (might be the last one) using the length/count of the list.
modified on Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:12 AM
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Thanks Member 3493799 but i think beacuse the third control has a same name with second control, it does not create third control.
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Thanks Member 3493799 but i think beacuse the third control has a same name with second control, it does not create third control.
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Hi i want to add multiple controls to my form at runtime, for example, i have a single button on my form, when i click this button, the second button add to my form, again, when i click on first button, the third button add to my form and so on, this code is something like this :
private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Button btn = new Button();
btn.Location = new Point(this.button3.Location.X + 80, this.button3.Location.Y);
this.Controls.Add(btn);
}but the above code add only the first button at runTime and when i click again on button3 (in this example), the third button does not add to form. i think that it's couse by name of the controls which being create and it should have dynamic name for that control. can anybody has experience in this issue ? how to solve my problem ? Thanks
Hi, every time you click button3 you are creating and adding a new button. That is fine, except: 1. all new buttons are at the same location, so you will only see one of them. 2. none of them will do anything when clicked, since you did not do any btn.Click+=... BTW: 1.the code to add controls at run-time can be identical to the code Visual Designer adds to your .Designer.cs file when adding a control at design-time. 2. the Name property of a Control is often not important at run-time; the Designer uses it at design-time. :)
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