[VB.NET] Creating a PictureBox Collection

Hello,

I wanted to know how to create a collection of PictureBox.
Actually, I'm trying to retrieve the first item of my collection (a PictureBox) in order to change its image. However, I'm encountering late binding errors since a standard collection is of type Object.

Currently, I'm doing this:

Public Collect As Collection Public Pic_ppl As Classe1

Collect = New Collection

I'm creating my PictureBoxes and each time I do:

Pic_ppl = New Classe1 Pic_ppl.btn = PictureBoxCs Collect.Add(Pic_ppl.btn)

Later in the code, I want to initialize an image (the first one in my collection). I've resorted to using the Name property to hack something together:

For Each Ctrl As System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox In Collect_menu.OfType(Of PictureBox).Where(Function(picBox) picBox.Name = "Pic1") Ctrl.Image = Outils.ImageList1.Images.Item(0) Next Ctrl

But I find it ugly and I would like to be able to do something like:

Collect.Item(1).Image = ImageList1.Images.Item(0)

But here, VS gives me a collection of Object with Collect_menu. I wanted to know if we can define a type for a collection and what the syntax for that would be.

Or if there's something else for a collection of PictureBox, like ImageList for a collection of Images.

Thank you! =)

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