The Easiest Way to Create a Textbox Programmatically in C#

Submitted by janobe on Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 16:44.
In this tutorial, I will teach you how to create a textbox programmatically in c#. This method has the ability to add an object in the form by clicking a button. It is also demonstrating how to get the collection of Controls within the control. Let's begin.

Creating Application

Step 1

Open Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and create a new windows form application for c#. ps1

Step 2

Do the form just like shown below. ps2

Step 3

Press F7 to open the code editor. In the code editor, declare private variables for the location and count control.
  1.  
  2.         private int count_control = 0;
  3.         private Point location_control = new Point(10, 50);

Step 4

Create a method for creating a textbox.
  1.  
  2.         private void createTexbox()
  3.         {
  4.             //    'INCREMENT THE COUNT_CONTROL.
  5.             count_control += 1;
  6.             //'CHECKING IF THE TEXTBOX HAS REACHED TO 6 OR NOT
  7.             if (count_control <= 6)
  8.             {
  9.                 // initialize a new object
  10.                 TextBox txt_new = new TextBox();
  11.                 //set a object properties
  12.                 txt_new.Name = "txt " + count_control.ToString();
  13.                 txt_new.Text = "textbox " + count_control.ToString();
  14.                 txt_new.Location = new Point(location_control.X + 10, location_control.Y);
  15.                 txt_new.Width = 350;
  16.                 location_control.Y += txt_new.Height + 10;
  17.                 // create a textbox
  18.                 Controls.Add(txt_new);
  19.             }else
  20.             {
  21.                 DialogResult result = MessageBox.Show("You've reached 6 controls. Do you want to clear controls to start again?", "Proceed", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
  22.                 if(result==DialogResult.OK)
  23.                 {
  24.                     //clear the controls
  25.                     Controls.Clear();
  26.                     //control return to 0
  27.                     count_control = 0;
  28.                     // set a new point for controls
  29.                     location_control = new Point(10, 50);
  30.                     //create a new textbox
  31.                     createTexbox();
  32.                     // add button again
  33.                     Controls.Add(button1);
  34.                 }
  35.             }
  36.            
  37.         }s

Step 5

Call the method that you have created in the first load of the form.
  1.  
  2.         private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
  3.         {
  4.             createTexbox();
  5.         }
  6.  
Step 6 Write the following code for creating a textbox when the button is clicked.
  1.    
  2.         private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
  3.         {
  4.             createTexbox();
  5.         }
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