How do i create a new Button/Canvas with a dynamic name?
Button {buttonname read from text file} = new Button;
I have googled this for a while now but i can't find the solution.
Thank you!
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Are you have list name?Linh Tuan– Linh Tuan2016-06-16 08:35:14 +00:00Commented Jun 16, 2016 at 8:35
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What list name do you mean? if i create a list<> it will solve my problem?zadrian– zadrian2016-06-16 08:35:51 +00:00Commented Jun 16, 2016 at 8:35
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you want setting name of control, same that : var button = new Button(); button.Name = "test". Right?Linh Tuan– Linh Tuan2016-06-16 08:38:53 +00:00Commented Jun 16, 2016 at 8:38
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I'm not sure if I understood correctly, but that name in your example is not the button name, it's just the reference name used in code to access the button. The button name would be set like this:
buttonRefName.Name = "ButtonName1";
So you can set the name to whatever you want: dynamically generated names inside a loop, names read from a file, etc...
You can use the same reference name for multiple buttons, just be sure to add it to List or to WPF Window, Panel, etc... before creating the new one:
var buttonList = new List<Button>();
var buttonRef = new Button { Name = "YourButtonName" };
buttonList.Add(buttonRef);
buttonRef = new Button { Name = "YourButtonName2" };
buttonList.Add(buttonRef);
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zadrian
The problem is, i dont know how many buttons there might be, so i can't (?) point to them later on. Like click event get cant point to "YourbuttonName" + i (where i is usual counter), can it?
Adrián López
Not sure I understand what you mean, but you can point to them later. You can search the list using the button name to get a reference to the Button you want. Or you can attach the same click event to the button before creating the new one, and in the method you'll get the sender of the event. You can cast it to a Button and verify the name.
It not possible the way you want to do it. If you are reading from a text file better use a List or better a Dictionary... an example use is as follows:
var buttons = new Dictionary<string, Button>();
buttons["yourName"] = new Button();
// logic goes here
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zadrian
How can i reach that button later on?