Replacement for Index in .NET

Question

Heya,

I've been out of doing proper programming for sometime, so as an exercise in trying to get some practice, I'm trying to make a program to solve Sudoku in C# (VS 2010)

My problem occurs when I'm trying to create some form of initial grid for the data out of text boxes. Back when I used to use VB6, I could call all text boxes as a single name and then give them all an index number which would allow me to refer to a specific text box when I was in a loop.

As far as I can see, there's no easily visible equivalent in C# and my searching has been to no avail although I can't imagine it'd be a feature that would be removed.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can create a control array.

http://www.devasp.net/net/articles/display/674.html

Answer 2

It would probably be easier, and look better, if you use a genuine grid control like the DataGridView.

One bit of bad news. In the days of VB4,5,6 Microsoft used to release a new grid control with every version of Visual Basic, which was annoying (unless you rewrote your code every year). Well, they are still at it.