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TextBox control can not be converted to value system.windows.controls.button

Hi everyone,

I have the below logic for increment and decrement button in vb.net.

 Private Sub IncrementBox(ByVal sender As TextBox)
        Dim value As Integer

        If Integer.TryParse(sender.Text, value) Then
            sender.Text = (value + 1).ToString()
        End If
    End Sub

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And I am calling the functions on the event handler something like that:

 Private Sub btnDown_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs) Handles btnDown.Click
        IncrementBox((DirectCast(sender, TextBox)))
    End Sub

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On the runtime it gives me an exception system.windows.textbox can not be converted to system.windows.button.

Any idea how to resolve it Please?

Thanks

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Julian Hansen

If you want to do this dynamically for more than one button you could try the following

Private Sub btnDown_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs) Handles btnDown.Click
        IncrementBox(Me.Controls.Find("textboxname", true))
    End Sub

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Where textboxname is substituted for a name made up of a combination of the button clicked name and a constant so you relate button to text box

Button = button1
TextBox = button1_text

developer2012

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Thanks =))