Change bgcolor of changed text box

Hi,

I have a data entry form with many text boxes/combo boxes/controls. I want to change their bgcolor everytime the user makes a change so they are aware of what changes they have made before commiting.

My plan is to store the original value in the tag and comapre in the validated event.

I don't won't to write the same code everytime I need a control to behave that way. I've never written a customcontrol before.

Can someone give me an example on how to achieve this by probably subclassing the control and reuse the code regardless of the type of control it is?

Thank you.
Sean

You don't actually need a custom control. Just write a single event handler and put every control in the Handles clause. You can then refer to the actual control that raised the event using the 'sender' parameter.

I wrote this and it works alright, Thanks for the quick reply anyway..

Code:

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''' <summary>
''' Marks changed controls of type textbox, comobobox, checkbox and radio buton
''' </summary>
''' <remarks></remarks>
Public Class ControlChangeTracker
    Private _con As Control
    Private _cColor As Color = Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 98)
    Private _dColor As Color

    Sub New(ByVal con As Control)
        _con = con
        _dColor = _con.BackColor

        If TypeOf _con Is CheckBox Then
            Dim c As CheckBox = _con
            c.Tag = c.Checked
            AddHandler c.CheckedChanged, AddressOf Me.con_validating
        ElseIf TypeOf _con Is RadioButton Then
            Dim c As RadioButton = _con
            c.Tag = c.Checked
            AddHandler c.CheckedChanged, AddressOf Me.con_validating
        Else
            _con.Tag = _con.Text
            AddHandler con.TextChanged, AddressOf Me.con_validating
        End If

    End Sub

    Sub con_validating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal ev As EventArgs)
        Try
            If TypeOf _con Is CheckBox Then
                Dim c As CheckBox = _con
                If Not c.Tag = c.Checked Then
                    _con.BackColor = _cColor
                Else
                    _con.BackColor = _dColor
                End If
            ElseIf TypeOf _con Is RadioButton Then
                Dim c As RadioButton = _con
                If Not c.Tag = c.Checked Then
                    _con.BackColor = _cColor
                Else
                    _con.BackColor = _dColor
                End If
            Else
                If Not _con.Tag = _con.Text Then
                    _con.BackColor = _cColor
                Else
                    _con.BackColor = _dColor
                End If
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception

        End Try
    End Sub

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To use try,

Code:

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    Private Sub frmViewAsset_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        txtAssetCode.Text = ast.AssetCode
        chkBoxMeter.Checked = Not ast.isMetered


        addTracker(txtAssetCode)
        addTracker(chkBoxMeter)

    End Sub

    Private Sub addTracker(ByVal c As Control)
        Dim x As New ControlChangeTracker(c)
    End Sub

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