Public methods are not available in tabPage1

lmcidyou

I defined a method to automatically add controls
public void AddMyControls (int pos_width, int pos_height, string text, string name)
        {
            PictureBox UserControl = new PictureBox ();
            UserControl.Name = "PictureBox" + name;
            UserControl.Location = new Point (40 + pos_width, 30 + pos_height);
            UserControl.Size = new Size (124, 50);
            this.Controls.Add (UserControl);
            UserControl.Click + = new System.EventHandler (this.pictureBox_Click);
            //MessageBox.Show (text.ToString ());
        }

But the scope of this method is only for this.AddMyControls

this.tabPage1.AddMyControls is invalid
Is there any way to solve it

shygza

AddMyControls is a method of your form class, not a method of TabPage class
this.tabPage1.AddMyControls of course cannot be compiled unless you overload the TabPage class

The simpler solution is to add the Control parameter and pass in the parent control.
public void AddMyControls (Control ctrl, int pos_width, int pos_height, string text, string name)
{
  ....
  ctrl.Add (UserControl);
  ....
}

need_free

Speaking upstairs is good.
The method written in this way is more versatile.
If you really want to achieve your needs, you can inherit TabPage such as MyTabPage, add a protected method called AddMyControls (), and then add an instance of MyTabPage to your TabControl.