Accessing an existing object with a custom name

Question

I have a series of textblocks with formulaic names such as "BlockOne", "BlockTwo", etc that are created in my XAML. I want to access the block names with text, ie:

if (output.Contains("206.218.192.186"))
{
    TextBlock + "One".Text = "AI";
}

How do I do this?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '16 at 16:22

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You could use the FindName function, which lets you find a control, cast it your type, in this case TextBlock, and access it's Text value from there.

(TextBlock)this.FindName("myTextBlock").Text = "AI";

answered Feb 23 '16 at 16:22

Kestami

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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Try using the FindName function of the parent container.

Here are some other posts that may expand on the details:

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

Community

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answered Feb 23 '16 at 16:21

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Accessing an existing object with a custom name

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