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sam
sam

Reputation: 2616

Disable all controls within Groupbox

I am trying to disable all controls within Groupbox as shown below, but I am getting error On casting any suggestion ?

unable to cast object of type system.windows.forms.checkbox to type system.windows.forms.textbox

            foreach (Control cont in GB_Product_Entry.Controls)
            {
                if (cont is TextBox || cont is ComboBox)
                {
                    ((TextBox)cont).ReadOnly = true;
                    ((TextBox)cont).BackColor = SystemColors.Control;

                    ((ComboBox)cont).Enabled = false;
                    ((ComboBox)cont).BackColor = SystemColors.Control;

                    ((CheckBox)cont).Enabled = false;
                    //((CheckBox)cont).BackColor = SystemColors.Control;
                }
            }

Upvotes: 4

Views: 18497

Answers (2)

abdullah_bd
abdullah_bd

Reputation: 858

GB_Product_Entry.Enabled = false; it will disable all inside in GB_Product_Entry GrpupBox

Upvotes: 0

Equalsk
Equalsk

Reputation: 8214

Why not just disable the GroupBox itself?

GB_Product_Entry.Enabled = false;

If you really must loop through them then separate the if conditions:

foreach (Control cont in GB_Product_Entry.Controls)
{
    if (cont is TextBox)
    {
        ((TextBox)cont).ReadOnly = true;
        ((TextBox)cont).BackColor = SystemColors.Control;
    }
    else if (cont is ComboBox)
    {
        ((ComboBox)cont).Enabled = false;
        ((ComboBox)cont).BackColor = SystemColors.Control;
    }
    else if (cont is CheckBox)
    {
        ((CheckBox)cont).Enabled = false;
      //((CheckBox)cont).BackColor = SystemColors.Control;
    }
    // Any other conditions here...
}

The issue is currently caused because inside the if statement you cast cont to TextBox and them moments later cast it to ComboBox. Well it can only be on or the other so the cast always fails at some point.

With the statements separated you know the type as it's filtered by the if.

Upvotes: 10

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