[RESOLVED] [2005] array of listbox

[lplover2k]

how to i create an array of listbox..list(0),list(1),etc.. like in vb 6

[Shaggy Hiker]

You can't do control arrays in .NET, and you could search this forum on Control Arrays, and get some answers for the alternative....but heck, I have the feeling that there is a much better answer than that. What is it you are trying to do with multiple listboxes?

[Atheist]

Dim arrListBox(2) As ListBox

Now you'll have 3 listbox references, they are not set to an instance of an object, which you will have to do yourself, either by creating new listboxes like this:

For i as Integer = 0 To 2
    arrListBox(i) = New ListBox
    arrListBox.Location = New Point(0, i*20)
    arrListBox.Size = New Size(100, 100)
    Me.Controls.Add(arrListBox(i))
Next i

Or by using Listboxes that already exists on your form:

arrListBox(0) = lstHey
arrListBox(1) = lstDonuts
'etc etc

[lplover2k]

thanks!!! this will surely help

[Shaggy Hiker]

Still wondering what you are doing with this. Listboxes are slow and awkward enough that I find it hard to believe that there is a situation where they could not be replaced by something more efficient.