How to create Textbox dynamically in c sharp ?

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I want to create Textbox's dynamically in my windows form with every textbox_leave event.
For example ..

created dynamically
Textbox1
leave event fire on textbox1
Texbox2 is created
leave event fire on textbox2
textbox3 is created
.
.
.
n number of textbox created

unmlimited textboxs is created until user don't want to fire leave event.

Posted 2-Feb-14 0:12am

varuncodee

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BillWoodruff 2-Feb-14 6:51am

That's a very strange design: does each TextBox created have the same location as the previous TextBox created, or do you plan to lay them out in some arrangement so they don't overlap ?

Some information about the "bigger picture" goals of your application would be useful.

varuncodee 2-Feb-14 7:30am

yes sir that's very strange design but i can't find any other idea.
Sir actually i am developing school project, my project is to develop software for retail shop where counter person can feed(sell) any number of item .
Coming to my project if i place textboxs on my form at design time it will fix the number of item to be sell.
Please suggest some idea or code.. thanks for your reply

BillWoodruff 2-Feb-14 7:43am

Ideally, I think you'd have a database of items-in-stock, with their current prices. When a customer came to the register, you'd enter (or scan in) the id codes of each item, and then a ListView (or GridView, or some other Control) on your Main Form would be populated with the items being sold, their price, sales tax, etc.

I would expect to see you able to modify a transaction before it's "finalized," add more items before its finalized, cancel a transaction, etc. And it would be good that when a transaction is completed the same database (or another) is updated with amount received, items sold, etc.

In other words, I'd try to model what really happens in most retail shops.

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2014-02-02T00:24:00

Solution 1

C#

private void btnText1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
     TextBox txtBox2 = new TextBox();
     txtBox2.Name = "two";
     txtBox2.Text = "two";
     Controls.Add(txtBox);
}

You can add events to the dynamic textbox as well.

Posted 2-Feb-14 0:24am

Abhinav S

agent_kruger · Answer 2 · 2014-02-03T03:09:00

Solution 4

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Posted 3-Feb-14 3:09am

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Abhijit Ghosh (Subho) 23-Oct-14 6:02am

This is excellent. I didn't know about this one.

Santhosh Babu Mahimairaj · Answer 3 · 2014-10-22T20:58:00

Solution 5

C#

TextBox[] txtTeamNames = new TextBox[teams];
for (int i = 0; i < txtTeamNames.Length; i++) {
  var txt = new TextBox();
  txtTeamNames[i] = txt;
  txt.Name = name;
  txt.Text = name;
  txt.Location = new Point(172, 32 + (i * 28));
  txt.Visible = true;
}

Posted 22-Oct-14 20:58pm

Santhosh Babu Mahimairaj

Jαved · Answer 4 · 2014-10-22T21:41:00

Solution 7

Hi,
Go through these -
dynamic-controls-cs.htm[^]

Posted 22-Oct-14 21:41pm

Jαved