(resolved) getting control name on click event

First of all.....sorry for the super long post. I don't like them either. Just trying to include information.

I have added several text boxes dynamically. They are a 2d array, btn[x,y].
I gave them all the same click event. The problem is that when one of them is clicked I need to know which one was clicked. I don't know how to extract the control name out of the arguments (Object sender, System.EventArgs e). I know that you can use:

Code:

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if(sender.Equals((object)controlName))
    //do something

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but there is no way I want to sit in a double nested loop to find which button was clicked.













To help, I've included some code snippets from my project:

Here is the routine that creates the buttons:

Code:

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private void createSockets(int iX, int iY)
                {
                        int x=0,y=0;
                        p_socks=new Button[iX,iY];
                        try
                        {
                                for(x=0;x<iX;x++)
                                {
                                        for(y=0;y<iY;y++)
                                        {
                                                //no need to create sockets again
                                                if(socketsCreated)
                                                        return;

                                                //generate socket name
                                                string butName=x.ToString()+(char)(y+'A');

                                                //add new buttons
                                                p_socks[x,y]=new Button();
                                                this.Controls.Add(p_socks[x,y]);
                                                p_socks[x,y].Location = new System.Drawing.Point(10, 10);
                                                p_socks[x,y].Name = "socks"+x+y;
                                                p_socks[x,y].Size = new System.Drawing.Size(20, 20);
                                                p_socks[x,y].TabIndex = 20;
                                                p_socks[x,y].Text = ""; //"socks"+x+y;
                                                p_socks[x,y].BackColor=p_backColor;
                                                p_socks[x,y].Visible=true;       
                                                p_socks[x,y].Click+=new System.EventHandler(sockClickHand);

                                        }
                                }
                                this.Refresh();
                        }
                        catch(Exception err)
                        {
                                errhand(err);
                        }
                }

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And here is the click event:

Code:

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                private void sockClickHand(Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
                {
                        //this only displays the type of controls, not the name
                        System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("You have clicked button " + Tag.ToString());
                }

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I got mightily confused reading this until I realised it was a question and not a real code bank post.
casting the object sender to a button will give you the button that raised the click event.

Code:

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private void sockClickHand(Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
Button btn = (Button)sender;
//now do whatever you want with the button.
}

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Moved from C# CodeBank.

Code:

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private void sockClickHand(Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
  Button btn = sender as Button;
  if(null != btn)
  {
    //now do whatever you want with the button.
  }
}

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I prefer this because 'as' returns null if you try an invalid cast, whereas (Button)sender will throw an error on an invalid cast.

Thx. Worked great!

Sorry about posting in the wrong section. My mistake.