Checkbox Array

[SausageThumbs]

Please help, ugh

I recently converted from VB6.0 to .Net 2005 and quickly realized control arrays are no longer used. In my larger project I create 50 check boxes on form load and want to take action on a check changed event when a user selects one of the check boxes.
Can someone please let me know how to reference the checkboxes once they're created.

Here is s simplified version of my code

Thank you


Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim CheckBox As New CheckBox()


CheckBox.Text = "Checkbox1"
CheckBox.Location = New Point(100, 50)
CheckBox.Size = New Size(95, 45)
Me.Controls.Add(CheckBox)


End Sub

[.paul.]

you can use an array to reference your checkboxes:

dim checkboxes(49) as checkbox
 
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
 
    for x as integer = 0 to 49
        checkboxes(x) = New CheckBox
        checkboxes(x).Text = "Checkbox" & (x + 1).tostring
        checkboxes(x).Location = 'etc
        checkboxes(x).Size = 'etc
        Me.Controls.Add(checkboxes(x))
    next
 
End Sub

[Joacim Andersson]

It's true that you can store the checkboxes in an array, but since you still need to add code for handling the CheckedChanged event and you always get a reference to the sender object in an event this is actually not necassary.

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    For i As Integer = 0 to 49
      Dim checkBox As New CheckBox
      'checkBox.Size = 'blah blah....
      Me.Controls.Add(checkBox)
      AddHandler checkBox.CheckedChanged, AddressOf CheckBox_CheckedChanged
    Next
End Sub 

Private Sub CheckBox_CheckedChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
    Dim checkBox As CheckBox = CType(sender, CheckBox)
    'Now you have a reference to the checkbox that was just checked.
End Sub