creating button class

[Arun Kumar Menon]

i am trying to create button class with ceratin defulat properties.

I want to use this button class as an array in my forms. I am getting stuck at creating the class itself.

 

[JohnH]

Here is a start, notice the Inherits keyword used to specify that the class inherits from the System.Windows.Forms.Button class:

Public Class somebutton
    Inherits Button
 
    Public Sub New()
        Me.Text = "default text"
    End Sub
End Class

I don't know what you mean with "use this button class as an array in my forms". The Controls property is a collection of all controls on form, maybe you want to add some of these buttons here?

For i As Integer = 1 To 3
    Dim btn As New somebutton
    btn.Name = "btn" & i.ToString
    btn.Location = New Point(10, i * btn.Height)
    Me.Controls.Add(btn)
Next

 

[Arun Kumar Menon]

Dear John

thanks



I have written this code

For j = 0 To Me.DataSet1.Tables("usr_mnu1").Rows.Count - 1
' Create a new Button
Dim newButton As New Button
' Add properties to the form.
newButton.Parent = Me.GroupBox1
newButton.BringToFront()
newButton.Name = "btn" + j.ToString
newButton.Text = Me.DataSet1.Tables("usr_mnu1").Rows(j).Item("menuname")
newButton.Location = New Point(controlLocation.X, j * newButton.Height)
controlLocation.Y += newButton.Height + 5
newButton.Visible = True
' Add the two event handlers.
AddHandler newButton.Click, AddressOf myButtonHandler_Click
AddHandler newButton.MouseHover, AddressOf myButtonHandler_MouseHover
' Add the control to the collection of controls.
Me.Controls.Add(newButton)
Next

My form is divided into 5 sectons and i am trying to place the button in groupbox1 when i run the form it is not giving any error but it does not display also on the form

Thanks and Regards
Arun Kumar Menon

 

[JohnH]

Either set its Parent property or Add it to the parents Controls collection, the last of these assignments goes.

 

[Arun Kumar Menon]

Dear john

Thanks i added the groupbox1insted of me and it worked.

thanks and regards
Arun