refer to label by its name in a string

[Chaseshaw]

Hello all. I have a string called testlabel, and would like to refer to it via the string "testlabel", how do I do this?

for instance:

dim testlabel as label
dim a as string = "test"
dim b as string = "label"

'what is the line I need here?
a & b.text = "hello world"


to get testlabel.text to read "hello world"?

thanks. I've been stuck on this all day!

 

[jmcilhinney]

You can't create an identifier out of strings like that. If you're specifically looking for a control then you can index the Controls collection of the form with the Name of the desired control. That will only work for controls that have a name though, so you would have had to either add the control in the designer or have set the Name property in code when you created it.