If you were expecting various types to hit that event then you'd just need to
check the type before casting it...
If TypeOf sender Is Button Then
MessageBox.Show(CType(sender, Button).Text)
ElseIf TypeOf sender Is TextBox Then
MessageBox.Show(CType(sender, TextBox).Text)
End If
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Ian Thomas
Sent: Friday, 30 March 2012 4:16 PM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: RE: WinForms - button text from sender object
Yes, that works -
CType(sender, Button).Text) in VB.NET - for a Button.
- but I thought there was something more general, though the .Text property
isn't going to be uniform across controls.
I'll go for that solution. thx
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Ian Thomas
Victoria Park, Western Australia
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Wallace Turner
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 2:03 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: WinForms - button text from sender object
C#
((TextBox)sender).Text ?
On 30/03/2012 2:01 PM, Ian Thomas wrote:
Hello folks
I've forgotten how to get the text from a button click that handles multiple
buttons -
Private Sub Buttons_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles Button1.Click, Button2.Click, Button3.Click, Button4.Click
(VB.NET above)
sender.ToString gives me the whole object description with its .Text property,
but what's the simple expression to get just that text?
System.Windows.Forms.Button, Text: MyButtonText
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Ian Thomas
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