How can I use Button control in Switch

Question

Suppose there are 10 buttons on screen. 1. How can I create buttons in an array at design time. I mean their name is same but index property (no idea what is equivalent in C#)will vary. I donot know whether this is possible or not in C#. In visual Basic If I create one button copy/paste the same button then these 2 buttons used to be part of array. 2. How can I use Button in switch i.e. Any property of button say text name can be used in switch

kyle_hankinson · Answer

To create an array of buttons or such you will need to first create your array. You usually do this right inside the class where all the other form variables are declared. This for example would declare an array of 10 buttons. private System.Windows.Forms.Button [] button1 = new Button[10]; Next you have to initialize the buttons inside the InitializeComponent() function. for ( int i = 0 left = 0; i < 10; i++ left+=50 ) { this.testButton[i] = new Button (); this.testButton[i].Location = new System.Drawing.Point( left 50); this.testButton[i].Name = string.Format ( button {0} i.ToString () ); this.testButton[i].Size = new System.Drawing.Size(50 50); this.testButton[i].TabIndex = 1; this.testButton[i].Text = string.Format ( button {0} i.ToString () ); this.testButton[i].Click += new System.EventHandler ( this.testButton_Click ); this.Controls.Add ( this.testButton[i] ); } This code does not however send an index of what button was clicked to the function. However you can cast the sender to get information about the button once inside the function. ex: ((Button)sender)