Question Group controls?

[gate7cy]

I am trying to group various controls (of the same type, eg. labels together, buttons together, etc. ) on a form using a tag or a name of some sort so I can identify all those that belong to tag 'A' and those in tag 'B'. In the end I will have on a form a number of labels grouped as tag 'A' and some labels as tag 'B' so I can change their visible properties on/off. Any clues? Thanks for the replies.

 

[JohnH]

You can group control by putting them in their own container, for example a Groupbox or Panel, see Containers section in Toolbox.

 

[picoflop]

Why dont you simply use the "name" of the Controls?

Say you have Buttons (and/or Labels etc) that CONTAIN GrpA in their name (Like "BtnOpenFileGrpA") and others that have GrpB in their name.
No you could select the required ones with LINQ like this:

Dim ctl = From p As Control In Me.Controls Select p Where p.Name.StartsWith("Btn") AndAlso p.Name.Contains("GrpA")
        For Each c As Control In ctl
            c.Visible = False
            ' or whatever you want
        Next

 

[InertiaM]

I am trying to group various controls (of the same type, eg. labels together, buttons together, etc. ) on a form using a tag or a name of some sort so I can identify all those that belong to tag 'A' and those in tag 'B'. In the end I will have on a form a number of labels grouped as tag 'A' and some labels as tag 'B' so I can change their visible properties on/off. Any clues? Thanks for the replies.

You could always use the Tag property

 

[gate7cy]

thanks for all the replies.. found the solution with some help.
Here is it for future reference:
It selects whatever control in the form wherever that lies in(groupboxes, panels, etc).

Dim ctl As Control = Me.GetNextControl(Me, True) 'Get the first control in the tab order.
Do Until ctl Is Nothing
If TypeOf ctl Is Label And ctl.Name.StartsWith("GB") Then
ctl.Visible = False
End If
'Use ctl here.
ctl = Me.GetNextControl(ctl, True) 'Get the next control in the tab order.
Loop