Dynamic creation of control names .. is it possible?

Question

Greetings everyone Is it possible to use variables in order to construct the name of a control? I am not trying to create the controls dynamically what I am looking for is a way of referring to a control's name by using a variable. Example: Say these controls exist already: control1 control2 and control3 What I would like to do is somehow be able to make a statement such as: var = 1; control+ var.Text = whatever; I know the syntax above is incorrect but it is to illustarte my question. Thanks for the input.

spgilmore · Answer

Sorry early post. I was going to say that you should usually use references for your objects and you can check the class type and object names on a given reference as shown above. You can store your references in an array or collection and check them when you want to.. This is more straightforward than using object metadata and you have more control over which objects it applies to. But look into it anyway. I'm afraid I don't know how to do it using metadata (I only know how to check members of a class for metadata). Sorry.

spgilmore · Answer

private void button1_Click(object sender EventArgs e) { string s; s = Class type:  + this.GetType().ToString(); s +=  ; s += Object name:  + this.Name; MessageBox.Show(s); }

Andrew Wooster · Answer

also take a look at .net's TypeDescriptor class.

KlytusLord · Answer

Looks like this thread may have the answer I was looking for ... http://216.26.160.137/Forums/AspNetForums20/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=18896