Array of Gauges/Graphs/Tanks

[MrNice]

In the old component works I used to be able to have arrays of say a gauge. i.e. gauge1(0)....gauge1(9). This is quite useful as you can stick them in for loops and stuff. Is this still possible with VB.NET and Measuement Studio V7.1 Enterprise and if so how??

cheers

[Elton Wells]

What you're describing (control arrays) was a feature of Visual Basic, not a feature of ComponentWorks, Measurement Studio, or ActiveX controls. For more information about how this has changed between VB6 and VB.NET, see the following MSDN articles:

• Control Array Changes in Visual Basic .NET


• Creating Control Arrays in Visual Basic .NET and Visual C# .NET

If you're only interested in this for looping
, you can do this by creating an array variable and populating it when the form loads:

Public Class MyForm
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

Private gauges() As Gauge

Protected Overrides Sub OnLoad(ByVal e as EventArgs)
gauges = New Gauge() {Gauge1, Gauge2, ... , Gauge9}
' Now use the gauges array for looping, etc.
End Sub
End Class

- Elton