[Year 12 SofDev] Assessor's report

[Mark KELLY]

Hi Gordon.  I read several accounts of how to create control arrays in
VB2010, but they left me gasping.  Apparently in VB6 the control arrays are
actually created behind the scenes automagically using some sort of
witchcraft and they appear to the user as arrays of controls.  I must get
back to sorting them out in VB2010 one day since they're so jolly sensible
and useful.

On 25 May 2011 10:33, Poultney, Gordon A <
Poultney.Gordon.A at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

>  re: control arrays  They work ok in VB.NET  if imported from VB6.
>
> The indexing convention used is unusual but you can work with an array of
> controls as per VB6.
>
> See attached template for Hangman - imported from VB6. Excuse the abstruse
> wordlist created a student 10 years ago!
>
> Imaginatively named textboxes are renamed as:_Txt1_1, _Txt1_2,  _Txt1_3 etc
> Yet in code are accessed thus:
>
> For i = 1 To 10
>             Txt1(i).Text = ""
>             Txt1(i).Visible = False
>         Next
>
>
>
> I assume there are better ways than this, but I just whip up the control
> array in VB6 then import to .net.
>
> cheers
>            Gordon
>
> -----------
> Gordon Poultney
> Horsham College
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] on
> behalf of Mark KELLY [kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 24 May 2011 1:47 PM
> *To:* Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* [Year 12 SofDev] Assessor's report
>
>  Hi folk.  Sorry for posting about the ITA assessor's report to this list.
> I hope I didn't confuse you too much.
>
> I've had SD on the brain recently* and forgot the complaint was about ITA.
>
> *I'm finally nearly semi-competent in VB2010 and starting to forget my old
> VB6 habits, but I certainly miss control arrays.
> Why MS ditched them I'll never know.  It use to be SO easy to loop through
> an array of controls and do things with them, e.g.
>
> For i =1 to 99
>   checkbox(i).checked = false
> next
>
> Sadly, you can't do that easily any more.
>
> --
> Mark Kelly
> Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area
> McKinnon Secondary College
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-- 
Mark Kelly
Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085, Fax +613 9578 9253
kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
VCE IT Lecture Notes: http://vceit.com
Moderator: IT Applications Edulist

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