How can I use Button control in Switch

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)

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kyle_hankinson22y ago
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)