[TomJim]

I am trying to make a customer class that will simply make a bunch of controls (hotspots) Visible value = False.
For instance

WinStartSpot.visible = False

Thing is I have roughly 60 "spots" that need to be turned on and off as the user clicks through the program (its a very simple OS simulator)

I tried to make a class using boolean return but that failed miserably

Anyone got a suggestion on how to code a class like that?

I am fairly sure its possible, just not to sure how to go about doing it

Thanks

[DimitriV]

Is winStartSpot a Button control? Sadly I cannot think of anything that will help you due to the nature of the program. Sorry

[trevster344]

There is definitely a way. Create a class, and declare a non instanced control variable. Then reference the control that activates the class and changes the property of visibility?

[TomJim]

jimmyBo, on 21 December 2011 - 03:42 PM, said:

Is winStartSpot a Button control? Sadly I cannot think of anything that will help you due to the nature of the program. Sorry

No they are Rect, Oval Shapes. That are either visible or not depending on what "window" the user is looking at , at the moment

Rect , Ovals are part of the Visual Basic PowerPacks in the tool box

Imports OSsimulators.Form1
Public Class hotspotoff

Public Sub off()
Form1.one.visible = off
Form1.two.visible = off
Form1.three.visible = off
Form1.four.visible = off
Form1.five.visible = off
end sub

just an EX of what I am trying to do. Basicaly I want them all to turn off when somethign is clicked then I can programaticaly turn on the ones I need to be on

[trevster344]

Do these shapes naturally have the visibility property? Somehow I think not. Just put all the rectangles, and shapes into a list, and use a for each loop to run through each one. Then based on some if statements to determine the objects themselves, changes whatever property you can to achieve invisibility.

This post has been edited by trevster344: 21 December 2011 - 03:56 PM

[TomJim]

I got it , damn, simple dumb stuff and my brain just FDISKs itself

[trevster344]

Haha no problem man, more often than not the people who come here just need a little kick start cause they've been thinking about it too hard.

[TomJim]

trevster344, on 21 December 2011 - 04:15 PM, said:

Haha no problem man, more often than not the people who come here just need a little kick start cause they've been thinking about it too hard.

Very true and people have been very helpful here.
Thank you again
I am sure I will have more questions later