Array of ComboBoxes in .NET

[bachus]

Someone was looking for a "simple" way to dynamically build an arbitrary number of ComboBoxes in .NET and use them in an array. Be glad to answer any remaining questions.

I will note that one either has to have a single event handler and a switch in the handler method to process individual combos as is done here (to demonstrate how to do it that way) or one must create an event method for each combo and assign a handler for it.

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[v-un-v]

Why don't you use Mono instead of .NET?

Mono is cross platform. dotnet is afaik, a closed framework.

http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page

[bachus]

[v-un-v]

[JovianPyx]

Bachus! Thank you.

I am the culprit here...

First, what this has to do with electronic music:

I design digital synthesizers for FPGAs. These synths do not have physical front panels. Instead, I have been writing patch editors in VB.NET using the _free_ Visual Studio Express Edition from Microsoft (and yes, it's legitimately free, not a hack/crack job). This version of VS.NET has everything I need to make this happen, so I have no need to deviate from .NET.

Some of the patch editors require many repetitions of the same controls arranged in rows. For example, I have a sine synth that has 32 sine oscillators. I wrote a patch editor that has slider controls for level, portamento, fine tuning, etc. It was painful to add each of the 32 sliders (trackbar object) one at a time. Also, each slider has a label display below it that indicates it's numeric value. I was looking for a way to describe the rows of slider/label pairs without having to add and align each one (hours of work) and also have access to the event handlers (in this case, I think I can manage the functionality with a single handler with a "pointer" to the exact object I need manipulated).

I will look at the Bachus code and attempt to translate it into VB.NET (I can read much of C#, just not good at writing new code, I'm much more familiar with VB.NET).

Thank you for starting this thread, Bachus!

[bachus]

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[JovianPyx]