Question

I have a loop that is supposed to go through DataTable and for each row create a new GroupBox, set it’s text to value from one column, in that GroupBox I want to put a Label with Text similar to another column in the table.
This is just part of the code!

for (int i = 0; i < tab.Rows.Count; i++)
{
    lblbox[i] = new GroupBox();
    lblbox[i].Text = tab.Rows[i]["text"].ToString();
    lblbox[i].Name = "box no " + i.ToString();
    lblbox[i].Visible = true;        
    this.Controls.Add(lblbox[i]);
    lblbox[i].Location = new Point(5, 55 * i);
    lblbox[i].Height = 50;
    lblbox[i].SendToBack();
    importancelbl[i] = new Label();
    importancelbl[i].Text = "Importance: " + tab.Rows[i]["importance"].ToString();
    importancelbl[i].Name = "implbl" + i.ToString();
    importancelbl[i].Visible = true;
    lblbox[i].Controls.Add(importancelbl[i]);
    importancelbl[i].BringToFront();
    Point locP = new Point();
    locP.X = lblbox[i].Location.X + 5;
    locP.Y = lblbox[i].Location.Y + 15;
    importancelbl[i].Location = locP;

}

When i run the code it creates three (I have three rows in my table) GroupBoxes correctly and creates all the labels, but only first label is visible in its Groupbox. When I add those labels to the Form and not to the GroupBox, all of them are visible, but I want them to be in boxes…
I’ve tried pretty much everything and I’m still very confused (espacially by the behavior of the first label). I know the mistake is probably obvious and stupid, but I just can’t find it!

Answer 1

Control.Location is relative to its parent, so set Location for the label to (5, 15).

locP.X = 5;
locP.Y = 15;