Change Name of a Control within a command

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I am trying to build a navigation system and includes a back button. The back button when clicked makes the last visible panel visible again.

The back button is a linklabel which executes the below line.

_backLocation.visible= true;

_backLocation is a string variable that contains the panel name that was last visible. Once the user navigates away from a panel that panel is made invisible.

However the above line isn't valid code and doesn't compile. Is there a way to achieve this simple solution or maybe a better way?

Why use a `String` variable in the first place? Why not use a variable that you can assign the `Panel` itself to? — jmcilhinney, Sep 16 '15 at 10:35

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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Either save the last visible control in a private Control _previousControl or find the control by name.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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Thanks, I knew it would be simple. I didn't know you could declare as a Control. – KingCundy Sep 16 '15 at 10:42

Change Name of a Control within a command

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