multiple buttons one control variable

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Hi,

is it possible to have one control variable for multiple buttons?

i am creating an onscreen keyboard and need to make each button of a user defined type that is derived from CButton class.

i dont want to make a separate variable for each button for the DrawItem() function to be called.

Helppp!! :(

Posted 16-Aug-11 23:23pm

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Updated 17-Aug-11 17:50pm

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Herman<T>.Instance · Answer 1 · 2011-08-16T23:51:00

Solution 1

use the sender object to determine which button was pressed.

in your OnClickEvent state:

C#

Button clickedOne = (Button) sender;

You can now access ID or Text properties of the button and do what you want to do

Posted 16-Aug-11 23:51pm

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Member 8112150 17-Aug-11 5:55am

actually i have to set the style of the buttons on the initdialog of the main dialog box.
but these buttons belong to a class that i have derived from CButton class and this class has the
DrawItem() that has the code to set the style.

this is called if i create a control variable for each button. but i have around 26 buttons and i dont want to create 26 control variables :(

Herman<T>.Instance 17-Aug-11 6:00am

in your method you coould check with a foreach(Control ctrl in Form.Controls) all available controls. If ctrl is Button.... do your styling

Member 8112150 18-Aug-11 0:27am

Going to try it out..

Thanks a bunch :)