[fadafas]

Hi from a newbie,

I face a problem trying to take the values from a variety of controls that I create dynamically using some data from my database.
For example
I have a treeview and if I click on the first node I create a textbox, a datetimepicker and a combobox
When I click on the next node I create a datetimepicker, and two combobox.
etc...
The problem is that when the user will press a button I want to take the values from these controls and use them to create a report.
What I tried is to get the type

For Each cnt As Control In pn.Controls
l1.Items.Add(cnt.GetType)
Next

but how I can get the value, the text, or the selectedvalue.
Each control is different

I have crashed my head to the wall

[fadafas]

Using the property text I was able to take the values but a strings
I would like to have the in their original type (as integer or as date)

[m_wylie85]

You try something like this have a look and see what you think.

        Dim ctrl As Control
        For Each ctrl In container.Controls
            If (ctrl.GetType() Is GetType(TextBox)) Then

                Dim txt As TextBox = CType(ctrl, TextBox)
                txt.Text = ""
            End If
            If (ctrl.GetType() Is GetType(CheckBox)) Then
                Dim chkbx As CheckBox = CType(ctrl, CheckBox)
                chkbx.Checked = False
            End If
            If (ctrl.GetType() Is GetType(ComboBox)) Then

                Dim cbobx As ComboBox = CType(ctrl, ComboBox)
                cbobx.SelectedIndex = -1
            End If
            If (ctrl.GetType() Is GetType(DateTimePicker)) Then

                Dim dtp As DateTimePicker = CType(ctrl, DateTimePicker)
                dtp.Value = Now()
            End If
        Next

This post has been edited by m_wylie85: 20 March 2012 - 08:42 AM

[fadafas]

Thank you very much m_wylie85.
I tried that, but the thing with this solution is that you set the values.
I want to get the values

[m_wylie85]

Yeah i know but that it's just to point you in the right direction edit it to suit you needs. If you have problem editing let me know i will try to help but i would like you to try to edit this first. Do some research on google and msdn read up on how to loop through controls and so on

[_HAWK_]

You may think about making a UserControl and load the group of controls you need there. This exposes them via the UC. You then expose a property like the datatable for populating the controls which you set when you create the UC.

[fadafas]

WTF
The solution was in front of me.Actually the only problem was with combobox and to pull his value

I have built a function as follows

Public Function saveFilterParams(ByVal filterContainer As C1SplitContainer) As String()
       Dim myList As New List(Of String)

        For Each pn As C1SplitterPanel In filterContainer.Panels
            For Each cnt As Control In pn.Controls
                If cnt.GetType Is GetType(DateTimePicker) Then
                    Dim dtpTemp As New DateTimePicker
                    dtpTemp.Value = cnt.Text
                    myList.Add(dtpTemp.Value)
                ElseIf cnt.GetType Is GetType(ComboBox) Then
                    Dim cbTemp As ComboBox = CType(cnt, ComboBox)
                    Dim cbTemp As ComboBox = CType(cnt, ComboBox)
                    myList.Add(cbTemp.SelectedValue)
                ElseIf cnt.GetType Is GetType(TextBox) Then
                    myList.Add(cnt.Text)
                End If
            Next
        Next
        saveFilterParams = myList.ToArray
  End Function

Thanks everyone for the help

This post has been edited by macosxnerd101: 22 March 2012 - 06:44 AM
Reason for edit:: Please use code tags