how to change the name of a control using thing.name=

[aspro]

Hi
I want to chnage the name of a group box during a procedure call in my code. I tried using groupbox.name="newname" but it made no difference when I stopped debugging. Can anyone help please?

Many thanks,
aspro

 

[RebeccaLynn]

When you stop the program and go back to desing mode the name will be what ever you gave it when you placed it. I know of no way to make it perminant short of designing a new control to do just that. And I have no idea if it could even be done.



Becca

Somtimes, the easy answer is the hardest to find.

 

[aspro]

well thanks for the help anyway.
i guess i will need to find an alternative method
nevermind
many thanks
aspro

 

[RebeccaLynn]

I am always learning new things, so will keep my eyes and ears open


Becca

Somtimes, the easy answer is the hardest to find.

 

[DotNetDoc]

What is the end result you are trying to achive. There is probablly another way of acomplishing what you are to code. Give some more detail so we can help

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[aspro]

I have a form that has 4 group boxes in it with exactly the same contents (a whole lot of text boxes) To the user it seems as though each box is a new subform in which to enter the details of a person into.

I encountered problems when a user wants to delete a gb after filling out the other boxes after it.
the maximum subforms to fill out is four so they fill out each gb in order however i allow them to go back and forward using the next and previous buttons below.

I wanted to, if they deleted a gb that was not the last one, swap the name of the deleted one to that of the last gb so that, while navagating through the 4 gb i could simply make the last one (or however many they deleted) not visible and they would only see the ones that were active and not still press next on a gb that they supposdly deleted.

Well done if u can actually understand my explaination

Many thanks,
aspro

 

[DotNetDoc]

You cant change the name while the program is running but you can create a new object with a different name that points to the same reference in memory. But first I want to understand what you are doing.

What are you using the GroupBox name for. Are you adding the data into a DB using the Name as a key?

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Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.
- Anonymous Chinese Proverb
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If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
- A. Einstein

 

[aspro]

Yes thats exactly right, it will all go into the DB after this.

 

[JohnYingling]

Unlike VB6, you CAN change the Name of a form or control while running BUT, the NAME property has no meaning after compilation.
"Control.Name Property
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