Component Name Property Problem[RESOLVED]

Hi Guys.

Can any of you advise me?

I you drop a custom component called say "Fred" onto a form it is automatically named "Fred1", drop another and it will be called "Fred2" etc. So far so good.

You then create a function that takes a "Fred" as an input parameter, for example:

public void DoSomethingWithFred(assemblyName.Fred myFred)
{
// Some Code
}

In this example, how do you get at the Name of myFred? (Fred1 or Fred2 etc.)

The Name parameter that is shown on the form designer does not seem accessible.

If I try myFred.ToString() I get something Like "assembly.Fred".

I'm sure this is a fairly simple matter and that I am just being a bit thick, but any help would be appreciated.

Have you tried the ID property?

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Originally Posted by mendhak

Have you tried the ID property?

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Hi mendhak,

I just tried, but couldn't access it.

The Fred Class is declared with

public partial class Fred : Component
{
// Stuff
}

When I Enter Fred. I don't see ID as part of the intellisense suggestions. How should I access it?

By the way, this is with VS2005 Beta2 if that makes any difference!

Maybe I need to use Reflection?

Any Ideas?

When you drop it onto the form and access the property grid, is there a property that has the name stored in it?

Is Fred your own control, because you could then modify it and include an ID property.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by mendhak

When you drop it onto the form and access the property grid, is there a property that has the name stored in it?

Is Fred your own control, because you could then modify it and include an ID property.

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The Name property is the (Name) under the Design Category. This just doesn't seem available anywhere else.
Yes 'Fred' is my own Component. It's not a Control, if it was, I don't think there would have been an issue. Anyway I had already come to the same conclusion that you did and done as you suggested. It's a perfectly adequate solution, I just don't like to create additional properties when something already floating around will do the job.

Thanks for your help.