Dymanic Controls C# Accessing without Name property

Question

Hi to all,

I have a panel, where my program is adding dynamic controls. Either I want to access these controls at runtime for changing their colors or texts.

the only way I know is:

Control [] myControls = myPanel.Controls.Find( name , true );

Here the problem is, my dynamic Controls have not any name ! Their name are " null ". If I'm trying name as a null value, it gives error. How can I achieve it ? Must I give every added control a name ?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Maybe you can just keep a reference (e.g. instance field, within a dictionary, etc.) to each dynamically added control, and use this when you'll need to access the controls later.

Answer 2

You could loop through the Controls collection:

 foreach(var control in myPanel.Controls) {

    //Here you do something with the appropriate control.
 }

Answer 3

Could just do something like this:

foreach(Control control in myPanel.Controls)
  control.Backcolor=Color.Black;