[@ruantec]

mmm i don´t really understand what exactly you mean/want but one thing i don´t get..... why are you using VS2002??? anyways controls in VS2002(which i hated in the past and drived me to hate C# aswell) should have the .Background property aswell as Foreground etc.. anyways i´ve noticed you´re writing lots of code in order to change sinple colors... you believe it or not C# offers lots of great stuff to do your task very easy and in a very simple way. each form contains lots of features that aren´t visible in the editor or in the properties window but they are accessable via code and by moving the mouse over them you can find and see that´s behind it.

one of those properties is ".Controls" which is a collection of contros on the current window. that property not only holds the elements but it allows you to add new ones or do whatever you want to it and at the same time it give you access to every control so you can easily interact on each of them via code.. so now what do i want to show you with this??? the main idea is to show you how to change several properties on every control in a form without the need to write there ID´s each time and property and in that way waste time and code lol..



here is an example:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace testingControls
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void btn_change_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            foreach (Control control in this.Controls)
            {
                if (control is Button)
                    control.BackColor = Color.Red;
                else if (control is PictureBox)
                    control.BackColor = Color.Blue;
            }
        }
    }
}

as you can see am changing the background color of 2 different types of controls on a form and adding a different value depending on the type.. so how do i know about it??? well very simple... i told you once to use a break point and navigate your code as VS and C# other than many coding tools allows you to deeply navigate all your controls,classes and objects and so see what´s really behind it and avoid possible errors you could do.

how do i do that? check out the following pic



that´s why i think C# is a beauty and also the reason why i love it now.

Regards
@ruantec

Attached Files

testingControls.zip (39.3 KB, 1 views)

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Last edited by @ruantec; June 20th, 2009 at 20:34..