Question

I have this for loop:

int iPanelNumber = 1;

foreach (string[] Persons in alItems)
{
     Panel pPanelContainer = new Panel();
     pPanelContainer.Width = contentPanel.Width;
     pPanelContainer.Height = 50;
     pPanelContainer.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(
         Convert.ToInt32(aWhiteContentBackgroundColors[0]),
         Convert.ToInt32(aWhiteContentBackgroundColors[1]),
         Convert.ToInt32(aWhiteContentBackgroundColors[2]));

     pPanelContainer.Name = "PanelContainer" + iPanelNumber.ToString();
     pPanelContainer.Visible = false;
     pPanelContainer.Location = new Point(0, 0);
}

So as you can see, i have given the panels i create the name “PanelContainer1”, “PanelContainer2” etc…

But how can i reach these panels?

I certainly could not reach them by writing:

PanelContainer1.visible = true;

Anyone got an idea?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Easiest way is probably to add a List<Panel> field to your class and store references to all panels in that list, e.g:

class MyClass
{
  private List<Panel> _panels = new List<Panel>();

  void MethodWhichCreatesThePanels()
  {
    //..
    foreach (string[] Persons in alItems)
    {
      Panel pPanelContainer = new Panel();
      _panels.Add(pPanelContainer);
      ...
    }  
  }

Then you can access each panel later using an index:

Panel aPanel = _panels[i];