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Hello,

I have a user control called PumpControl1. How can I add x number of these to my form frmMain? I obviously want them to be drawn correctly and not over one another.

thanks,

Mike.

Posted 25-May-10 1:52am

Jibrohni

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Jibrohni wrote:
How can I add x number of these to my form frmMain?

You may, for instance, add an array of PumpControl as member of the class.

Jibrohni wrote:
I obviously want them to be drawn correctly and not over one another.

This is up to you (i.e. set properly the position and size of the components when you add them to the form).
:)

Posted 25-May-10 1:58am

CPallini

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Jibrohni 25-May-10 8:39am

Ok, great, so how do I then draw a new user control for each of them in my usercontrol List?

PumpControlList

I.e, say I want to draw them at a width of 240 pixels each time, how would I code the following?

foreach (PumpControl p in PumpControlList)
{

}

#realJSOP 25-May-10 9:34am

To Jibrohni - Well, in your loop that creates the control, change the size and position after the control is created. It ain't rocket science...

Solution 2

PumpControl1 pc1A = new PumpControl1();
// position as required (you're going to have to figure this out on 
// your own because we don't know where you want them to be position.

Repeat as necessary, like so:

PumpControl1 pc1B = new PumpControl1();

Like ~~CPalinni~~ CPallini mentioned, you could put them into a List (or even a Dictionary so you could refer to them by name or numeric ID, or whatever). If you're going to do this, though, I would create a method that creates a single control instance and then adds that instance to your collection.
[Careful John... in the suitcase on the left I'll find my favorite axe. - Carlo]

Posted 25-May-10 2:21am

#realJSOP

Updated 25-May-10 3:06am

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**PSK_** · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-25T02:34:00

You can use an array or List to store the controls as suggested in the previous answers.

To display them you can use TableLayoutPanel container. Dynamically add ColumnStyle and RowStyle and add the pump control to a particular cell as

tblPanel.Controls.Add(new PumpControl(), 0, 0);

By doing this you don't need to worry about the location of the control in form. You can also make the TableLayoutPanel scrollable if the total number of your control exceed the size.