How do I specify a picture-box through adding two strings?

Question

I have a pictureBox that I want to specify by combining two other strings. Lets say the pictureBox was called Tile20 what would I do? How do I make this work?:

if("Tile" + "20".Tag == "Hello")
{
     rest of the code...
}

No, you need to access the object of `PictureBox` class to do this. Check this for more details: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.picturebox(v=vs.110).aspx — shree.pat18, Aug 12 '14 at 06:27

nsgocev · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-12T08:22:48.323

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Try it like this:

PictureBox pictureBox = (PictureBox)this.Controls.Find(string.Concat("Tile","20")).FirstOrDefault();

if (pictureBox != null)
{
   if (pictureBox.Tag == "Hello")
   {
     rest of the code...
   }
}

edited Aug 12 '14 at 08:22

answered Aug 12 '14 at 06:27

nsgocev

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Close, but not quite right. The `Find` method returns an *array*, not a single `PictureBox` object. – Cody Gray - on strike Aug 12 '14 at 08:01
@CodyGray thanks for the feedback the code is now edited ! – nsgocev Aug 12 '14 at 08:22

How do I specify a picture-box through adding two strings?

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