Flowlayoutpanel child controls?

[Zexor]

I have a flowlayoutpanel, and i am dynamically adding empty pictureboxes to it. Then do a bunch of things. Then how do i add image to a certain pictureboxes in the panel? can i refer to the picturebox by name?

 

[JohnH]

Yes, Tag property type is Object, you can put anything in there. When getting it out again use CType/DirectCast to cast to the actual type it is.

 

[Zexor]

I read that DirectCast is better than CType? But the compiler always do type convert with CType? Is DirectCast better?

 

[jmcilhinney]

DirectCast will only work if the object is the specific type that you're casting as. CType will also perform conversions in cases where it's supported. For instance, this will work:

Dim o As Object = "100"
Dim n As Integer = CType(o, Integer)

while this will not:

Dim o As Object = "100"
Dim n As Integer = DirectCast(o, Integer)

If you're casting, use DirectCast.

 

[robben44]

For me DirectCast is better

 

[Zexor]

I think DirectCast is twice as fast to convert value types.