Noob basic help

Nicholas Greenwood

I am trying to learn c#. I know how to code in php and understand what variables, functions, arrays, and all that are. The problem I am having is passing data. I was hoping that someone could give me a basic example that I cannot seem to get anywhere else. I want to have 2 pages on the same page if that makes any sense. The first page be a welcome screen with a button to the next page. The next page has a question with another button. I want the data to be passed from the first page to the second page and I want it to be on the same form (not open a new window. If that makes sense to anyone can you please give me an example. if you need clarification please ask.

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Ryan Alford17y ago
You are not "passing" data. The data stays on the form. The data doesn't move.

You can add controls to a form programmatically:

private void AddControlsToForm()
{
    TextBox textBox1 = new TextBox();
    textBox1.Name = "textBox1";
    textBox1.Text = "Click Start";
    textBox1.Location = new Point(91, 78);
    textBox1.Size = new Size(100, 20);

    Button btnStart = new Button();
    btnStart.Text = "Start";
    btnStart.Name = "btnStart";
    btnStart.Location = new Point(101, 129);
    btnStart.Size = new Size(75, 23);
    btnStart.Click += new EventHandler(btnStart_Click);

    this.Controls.Add(textBox1);
    this.Controls.Add(btnStart);

    this.ActiveControl = btnStart;
}

or, you can create all of the controls through the designer, and set the Visible property to true when you want to show them, or set it to false when you don't want to show them.
Nicholas Greenwood17y ago
ok see that is what I was going for but I can't quite figure it out. I am trying to basically create a text based game. I want to have a starting screen that says welcome to the game. Then go to the next page and give them a question and so on for 5 questions. Then on the last page I want to show them there score. I want it to just go through it on the same form if that is possible. Can you help me with that? I am just trying to learn how to pass data through the same form.
Ryan Alford17y ago
You have a misunderstanding. You want to have two "pages" and pass data between them, but you only want one form? If thats the case, then you don't need to pass any data. You can make the data available to the entire form. You can simply create all of the controls on one form and hide/show the controls that you want.