Accessing a control using variables to build the ID

[BGAMT]

I have 5 input boxes labeled $hEdit1 through $hEdit5 that represent slots. I pull a report file whose name contains the slot the file comes from. I'm parsing the filename to get the actual slot and then changing the background color of the appropriate input box to show visually where it came from. I can change the background color directly with GUICtrlSetBkColor($hEdit2, 0x00FF00) for example with no problem and  _ArrayDisplay shows me my slot variable is correct. I combined the two like this GUICtrlSetBkColor("$hEdit" & $Slot, 0x00FF00) and I get no error but it wont change the background. When I combine "$hEdit" & $Slot in a message box it shows $hEdit2 as expected. I'm sure I'm missing something simple here but my searches haven't found anything explaining this. Can Anyone explain why this doesn't work for identifying the control? 

[Nine]

Look at Eval function.  Don't forget to not put the $ sign in...

[BGAMT]

That was way harder than I expected but it did work. I guess it wasnt able to build it  on the fly but building and eval'ing the string first was able to work. I ended up with Something like this;  $combined = "hEdit" &  $Slot then $evaled = eval($combined) then finally GUICtrlSetBkColor($evaled, 0x00FF00). I could not find a way to do it inside the GUICtrlSetBkColor directly but it does work.

[donnyh13]

Just for an alternative, you also have:

Execute("GUICtrlSetBkColor(" & "$hEdit" &  $Slot & ", 0x00FF00)")

Or:

GUICtrlSetBkColor(Eval("hEdit" &  $Slot), 0x00FF00)

Best regards,

Donny