dynamicly add my custom control

[carlblanchard]

hi all i have made a control which is just a ui feature
however i would like to create the UI Control ex number of times in my form

i guess something like this

Dim HealthCtl As Control

For i As Integer = 1 To 5
HealthCtl = New HB_Server.Health
HealthCtl.Name = "HealthCtl" & i
HealthCtl.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, i & 8)
HealthCtl.Show()
Next

but i dont think its right Can someone help me

thanks in advance

[Tool]

I know you can just create a new instance of your control specifically like this

For i As Integer = 1 To 5
dim HealthCtl as New HB_Server.Health
HealthCtl.Name = "HealthCtl" & i
HealthCtl.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, i & 8)
HealthCtl.Show()
Next


instead of

Dim HealthCtl As Control

For i As Integer = 1 To 5
HealthCtl = New HB_Server.Health
HealthCtl.Name = "HealthCtl" & i
HealthCtl.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, i & 8)
HealthCtl.Show()
Next

That is how i have used dynamic controls before. hope that helps a little




Edit: I don't know how well that HealthCtl.Location line will work. "i & 8" I assume would "add" i and 8 so on 1 it would be 9... All your controls (if taller than 1 pixel) will overlap. in which case you can use multiplication.

HealthCtl.Location = New Point(8, (i * HealthCtl.Height) + 8)

which if i am thinkin correctly will move the control down 8 pixels under the one before it. It might take a little playing with though I get confused when it comes to logic since I lack quite a bit of that

[techgnome]

Once you have dynamically created the control, you have to add it to the controls collection of the container (form, pane, pic box, etc) in order for it to work.

Tg