Dynamic Controls ???

[RedCamel]

I’m looking to build a dynamic GUI base on a XML File. I would like to create a Label with the Hostname, Label for Service, and Button with click event to call mymethod and pass in the value from Label Hostname and Label Service. I never tried to add controls dynamic and after google I’m more confused now. I really just want to be able to add to my XML file and the GUI pick it up on load. Also .Net 2.0 Please point me to a sample, good read, or anything for the novice.


My XML

<Servers>
<Server>
<Hostname>localhost</Hostname>
<Service>spooler</Service>
</Server>
<Server>
<Hostname>remotehost</Hostname>
<Service>spooler</Service>
</Server>
</Servers>

[Chen.Fisher]

This is a sample for creating a dynamic button.
A button is represented with a Button class.

// create an instance of the button
Button btn = new Button();

// set the properties of the new button
btn.Text = "hello";
btn.Size = new Size(75, 23);
btn.Location = new Point(0, 0);

// set the click event of the button to call your handler
btn.Click += new EventHandler(btn_Click);

// add the button to the form controls
Controls.Add(btn);

When the button is clicked the btn_click function is called
This is a how it should look like:

void btn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
MessageBox.Show("hello");
}

Now you should prepare a function for each type of control you want to dynamically create and use the XML file to contain all property values.

Enjoy.