//Reports.h
class Reports : public wxPanel 
{
public:
	void AddStudent(wxCommandEvent & event);
	wxTextCtrl *textName; // declare variable
};

//Reports.cpp
Reports::Reports(wxPanel * parent)
       : wxPanel(parent, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(-1, -1), wxSize(500, 500))
{
 
	  wxTextCtrl *textName = new wxTextCtrl(this, wxID_AddStudent, wxT(""), wxPoint(65, 65));
 
}
 
void Reports::AddStudent(wxCommandEvent & WXUNUSED(event))
{
	// The following breaks the code, I want to grab textName
	textName.SetValue("Test");
	textName.SetFocus();   
 
	/* *************************
	If I re-create textName then access (as shown in the following 
        commented code) then it works fine but I can't
        work out how to create a pointer/reference to the
        previous textName rather than having to re-create one!
 
wxTextCtrl *textName = new wxTextCtrl(this,wxID_AddStudent, wxT("Another button..."), wxPoint(65, 95));
 
	textName->SetValue("Testing");
	textName->SetFocus(); 
	*******************************/
 
}