Dynamic adding of Controls

Hi.

I'm still learning the VStudio Express 2008 IDE. I'm tired of outputing to console and now just adding (well trying to) controls dynamcally however this hasn't met with any success yet. The following is a piece of my code to which everything compiles with no warning but howevere the labels aren't showing:

Code:

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

            System.Windows.Forms.Label label1, label2;

            HidD_GetHidGuid(ref tGuid);
            deviceInfoSet = SetupDiGetClassDevs(ref tGuid, "USB", IntPtr.Zero, 0);

            

            label1 = new Label();
            label1.Location = new Point(10, 15);
            label2 = new Label();
            label2.Location = new Point(50, 15);

            label1.AutoSize = true;
            label1.Size = new Size(28, 40);
            label1.Visible = true;
            
            label2.AutoSize = true;
            label2.Visible = true;            

            label1.Text = "Device Info Set = " + deviceInfoSet.ToString();
            label2.Text = "HidGuid = " + tGuid.ToString();

            this.Controls.Add(label1);
        }

I've even tried adding label1.show() but so far.. Zip!

Code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsApplication14
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        private Label label1;

        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            this.label1 = new Label();
            this.label1.Location = new Point(10, 15);
            this.label1.AutoSize = true;
            this.label1.Size = new Size(28, 40);
            this.label1.Text = "Device Info Set = blah";
            this.Controls.Add(this.label1);
        }
    }
}

That works fine for me. The only difference I've made is declaring label1 outside of the Load event.

Edit: By the way, do you have something already at point 10, 15? If so you would have to consider the label's position in the form's z-order. Maybe call this.label1.BringToFront();

Thanks I just copied it over to a new form, but I now have another question.

Given the following:

Code:

[DllImport("setupapi.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
        public static extern Boolean SetupDiEnumDeviceInterfaces(IntPtr hDevInfo, ref SP_DEVINFO_DATA devInfo,
                                                         ref Guid interfaceClassGuid, UInt32 memberIndex,
                                                         ref SP_DEVICE_INTERFACE_DATA deviceInterfaceData);

why is:

Code:

result = SetupDiEnumDeviceInterfaces(deviceInfoSet, 0, ref tGuid, MemberIndex, ref tDevInterfaceData);

not valid. I can't seem to pass null or zero to argument 2.

the type in argument 2 is defined as:

Code:

        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
        public struct SP_DEVINFO_DATA
        {
            public uint cbSize;
            public Guid ClassGuid;
            public uint DevInst;
            public ulong Reserved;
        }

I can't seem to pass null or zero to argument 2.

Then don't. Pass a parameter as reference of the type that you declared. Anything else is invalid.

I need to pass a null value instead as it is possible to do so according to msdn to be able to retrieve the information I want.

I don't see why it would be possible. In your declaration it clearly states that value 2 is expecting a ref, and you're not doing so.

You must change your declaration to:

Code:

public static extern bool SetupDiEnumDeviceInterfaces(IntPtr hDevInfo, IntPtr devInfo, ref Guid interfaceClassGuid,
                              UInt32 memberIndex, ref SP_DEVICE_INTERFACE_DATA deviceInterfaceData);

This will allow you then to use:

Code:

SetupDiEnumDeviceInterfaces(deviceInfoSet, IntPtr.Zero, ref tGuid, MemberIndex, ref tDevInterfaceData);