Ok, here's the deal.
I'm trying to call make visible an object, i can do this:
Button1.Visible = True
but, i was wondering if there is a way that i can call it like this. Lets say i have a variable 'OBJNAME' wich value is "Button1". What i want to do is to make visible the button like this:
OBJNAME.Visible = True
I want to do this because i have like 100 objects to show in the form and i dont want to code for every one of them.
Is this possible? :)
You can easily loop all your form's controls
' Put this code in the form (Me refers to (your) form now)
Dim thisButtonName As String = "Button1" ' This is the name of the button you're looking for
Dim isButtonVisible As Boolean = True ' This is the "visibility" value you want to give/change
' Loop all controls in this form
For Each thisControl As Control In Me.Controls
' Is this control a button
If TypeOf (thisControl) Is Button Then
' Is this the correct button
If CType(thisControl, Button).Name = thisButtonName Then
' Set property's value
CType(thisControl, Button).Visible = isButtonVisible
End If
End If
NextThis code checks for a specific button (inner if), but if you want to set visibility for all the buttons, drop the button's name testing.
HTH
If you are only interested in specific buttons on a page, a convenient way to distinguish them from other buttons is via the button.Tag property. Then inside the "is this a button" test you can check if button.Tag = "some value".
Thanksfor the answers! The first one solved my needs.
Thank you very much to both of you for taking a minute (or more) to help :)
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