How does Something.Controls.Add work? How to reference it?

daveaton

Ok what I am doing is from a blank from add a Tab Control with No Tabs. Then add 2 buttons to the form.

I add a tab via code and then add a panel inside the tab and change the color to green.

Now in another sub I want to change the Panel color to pink but I am not sure how to access it without changing the scope.

here is the code.

[code]
Public Class Form1

Dim TabInstance As Integer = 0


Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim myTabPage As New TabPage()
Dim myPanel As New Panel()


myTabPage.Name = TabInstance
myTabPage.Text = CStr(TabInstance)

TabControl1.TabPages.Add(myTabPage)
TabControl1.SelectedTab = myTabPage

myPanel.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
myPanel.Visible = True
myPanel.BackColor = Color.Green
myPanel.Name = "testPanel"
myTabPage.Controls.Add(myPanel)

'set counter for next time
TabInstance = TabInstance + 1

End Sub


Public Sub ChangeTabPanelColor()
'change the color of the panel in the first tab
'TabControl1.TabPages(0).panel.BackColor = Color.HotPink
End Sub

Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
ChangeTabPanelColor()
End Sub

End Class
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Any help would be appreciated.