set a back color to a shape from database

Asked Jul 23 '17 at 09:37

Active Jul 23 '17 at 10:05

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this is my database and what i want to do is when i fetch the column name it should concatenate with rectangleShapeis this possible or is there another way to do it

my database

name   check
 1       True
 2       False

code

while (dataReader.Read())
                {                   
                    string name= dataReader["name"].ToString();
                    string check = dataReader["check "].ToString();   
                    if (check =="True")
                    {
                        string add= "rectangleShape" + name ;
                        add.BackColor = Color.Red;  //but this doesn't work

                }

edited Jul 23 '17 at 10:05

asked Jul 23 '17 at 09:37

kunz

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Since when String class has property BackColor? https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.string(v=vs.110).aspx – Jacek Jul 23 '17 at 09:51
Is it WinForms? – Ofir Winegarten Jul 23 '17 at 10:46
@OfirWinegarten yes it is WinForms – kunz Jul 23 '17 at 10:48
So, you have some controls that starts with "rectangleShape" and you want to find a specific one and set its background ? – Ofir Winegarten Jul 23 '17 at 10:52
@OfirWinegarten yes that is what i wanna do – kunz Jul 23 '17 at 10:55
Check here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3898588/find-control-by-name-from-windows-forms-controls – Ofir Winegarten Jul 23 '17 at 10:56
`TextBox tbx = this.Controls.Find("textBox1", true).FirstOrDefault() as TextBox;` what do i write in my case `rectangleShape` – kunz Jul 23 '17 at 11:00

set a back color to a shape from database

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