String to wizard page

I'm saving the current page to a text file so the wizard can be closed then re-opened later.  How do I convert the page name string to a page?

dim curPage as string = wizard1.selectedpage.tostring

'later on

wizard1.selectedpage = curPage 'Here is where I need to convert the string to a page.

Thanks for any help.

G'day Ken,

The wizard page is of type:   Divelements.WizardFramework.WizardPageBase

When storing the name of the page that your user is viewing, use the following to retrieve the proper page name:

string PageName = this.wizard1.SelectedPage.Name;


when you next load the wizard and you have it starting on the first page, then you can call a method like the following parsing the previous string:


        /// <summary>
        /// Set the Page to view
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="PageName">The page name required</param>
        public void SetPage(string PageName)
        {
            bool PageFound = false;
            while (!PageFound)
            {
                //Move to the next page
                this.wizard1.GoNext();

                if (wizard1.SelectedPage.Name == PageName)
                {
                    //Jobs Done
                    PageFound = true;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

Hi Wilbur,

Thank you for the response.  That works fine.  Thank you!!

For future info, is there a way to convert a string to an object type; in this case a wizard page object?

Howdy Ken,

You can do whatever you want!! don't let anyone else tell you different...

Just for reference though...

Create Wizard Page to Object

First Create the object class or structure like the following:

        private class MyWizardObject
        {
            private Divelements.WizardFramework.WizardPage _myPage;

            public Divelements.WizardFramework.WizardPage MyPage
            {
                get { return _myPage; }
                set { _myPage = value; }
            }
        }


Next create the method for getting back the wizard page so you can store it..

        public Divelements.WizardFramework.WizardPage GetCurrentPage()
        {
            //Make sure you cast it here
            return (Divelements.WizardFramework.WizardPage)this.wizard1.SelectedPage;
        }

Next make the overload of the previous method to set the page (the method I gave you in the other post for string)

        public void SetPage(Divelements.WizardFramework.WizardPage MyNewPage)
        {
            this.wizard1.SelectedPage = MyNewPage;
        }


So now we are ready to rock and roll....

Instantiate the object class and fill the value via property using our method above

        //Global Object
        private MyWizardObject NewWizardObject = null;

        /// <summary>
        /// Instantiate a MyWizardObject Object and fill it
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender"></param>
        /// <param name="e"></param>
        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {           
            NewWizardObject = new MyWizardObject();
            NewWizardObject.MyPage = this.Wizard1.GetCurrentPage();
        }

Job's done... To tell the wizard to go to our page object call our overloaded method..
        /// <summary>
        /// Call our wizard method to set the page with our stored object value
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender"></param>
        /// <param name="e"></param>
        private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            this.Wizard1.SetPage(NewWizardObject.MyPage);
        }


Hope that helps...

Thanks again Wilbur, I'll study that.  You've been a big help.