Can a control name be referred to by a variable?

[HDokes]

I have 99 buttons on a page of which I need to be able to perform a sweeping change of their .text and .tag properties. For convenience I have named the buttons "btnButton1" through "btnButton99". There are other buttons on the form I do not wish to change. I figure the easiest way to do this is through a routine as follows:

 

dim x as int16

dim ButtonName as string

 

for x = 1 to 99

ButtonName = "form.btnbutton" & ltrim(str(x)) ' set the specific button

ButtonName.text = "sometext"

ButtonName.tag = "sometag"

next x

 

Is something like this feasable in VB .NET? I realize that the variable at this time is a string and would have to have it's type changed to a control however I'm not sure if this can be done so that it is the content of the variable which is referenced as the control.

[dynamic_sysop]

   Private Sub Button6_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button6.Click
       Dim x As Control
       For Each x In Me.Controls
           If TypeOf x Is Button Then
               x.Text = "new text"
           End If
       Next
   End Sub

 

if you wanted to make them all have a different name, you'd have to make a loop and a string as the button name or something. like this :

   Private Sub Button7_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button7.Click
       Dim arrButtons As New ArrayList()
       Dim i As Integer
       Dim strButton As String = "Button"
       Dim btn As Control
       For i = 0 To 6
           arrButtons.Add(strButton & i)
           For Each btn In Me.Controls
               If btn.Name = arrButtons(i) Then
                   btn.Text = "item: " & i
               End If
           Next
       Next
   End Sub

[HDokes]

Hi there,

 

Thanks very much for the examples..... I applied the 2nd example and it is working like a charm!