I am trying to build a battleship game. The project is giving me one minor difficulty (so far). I do not know how to create the game board made up of 100 buttons. I can obviously drag and drop 100 buttons onto the form but this lacks a certain style, it would also be a pain. How do I create a form covered with required array of buttons automatically? VB6 had a control array method that would do this task fairly simple.
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I would suggest adding a TableLayoutPanel to the form and configure it as desired. You can then add the Buttons in code using a loop. You just call Controls.Add on the TableLayoutPanel and the Buttons will all be added in a grid.
If you do want to add them in the designer then I'd still recommend the TLP, which will make is much easier to maintain a grid, especially if the form can resize. You can add and configure the TLP, select it and then just double-click the Button in the Toolbox 100 times. Alternatively, you can copy and paste multiple controls in the designer simultaneously.
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