Reloading a form with that form (resolved)

I have a single form app. It is used for inventory with a barcode scanner. Afer every scan, a new textbox is generated and the focus is moved to that textbox. Once done scanning the room, the user saves the data and it is written to a textfile. I would like that app at this point to basically clear the form and be ready for the next room. Because it generates the textboxs at runtime, I cannot just have it clear all the textboxs to "" because the majority of them need to be removed. Right now the user, closes the app and restarts it, not too efficient. Is there a way to have the form unload and reload when you are clicking a button on that same form or is there another way to accomplish this?

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Originally Posted by Beast777

I have a single form app. It is used for inventory with a barcode scanner. Afer every scan, a new textbox is generated and the focus is moved to that textbox. Once done scanning the room, the user saves the data and it is written to a textfile. I would like that app at this point to basically clear the form and be ready for the next room. Because it generates the textboxs at runtime, I cannot just have it clear all the textboxs to "" because the majority of them need to be removed. Right now the user, closes the app and restarts it, not too efficient. Is there a way to have the form unload and reload when you are clicking a button on that same form or is there another way to accomplish this?

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Generating loads of textboxes is inefficient. It would be much better to use something like a listView to store the data. Then you could save the data more easily and reset the list without problems. You wouldn't need to restart the form at all.

Ya the listview would be alot better for you for this.
for 1 its really easy to do and keeps everything nicely organized.

Another option would be to pre-create all the textboxes (rather than making them at runtime) and simply toggle their visibility. If the number of boxes is few enough that the form looks good with them all there, then this is a viable option. Clearing the form becomes easier with this solution, as well. If there are more textboxes than that, the Cat o' thousand names is right.

They have to be created at runtime because each room that is scanned is different and some of the rooms, for example the storage room, can contain thousands of items.

In that case, not only would a listview work better for you, it would make more conceptual sense, as well.