Hi there,

i program an Operationcenter for our local fire department (our younger members ( < 13 years old) use it on special training courses).
To monitor all vehicles' state i designed a Status-Monitor. If a vehicle changes his state (e.g. has an accident and is not ready for any incidents) there are several things to do for the program:
1.) Change color of a label
2.) Change text of a label

These tasks are very simple to program but now to my real problem.
There are 9 possible states. Each vehicle has its own groupbox and combobox. With the combobox and a pushbutton the user can choose the current state and set it.

Here is a screenshot:
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Now to my question:
Is there a possible way to create a function that gets two arguments (id of state and instance of label to where colour and text shall be applied to) instead of creating a function like this (its just the beginning of a function not the complete one!):
Qt Code: 
  1. void ControlPanel::setStatus(int id, int boxId)
  2. {
  3.     if(boxId == 1){
  4.         switch(id){
  5.             case 1:
  6.                 this->lblStatus1->setStyleSheet("background-color: rgb(181, 217, 164);");
  7.                 this->lblStatus1->setText("1");
  8.                 break;
  9.             case 2:
  10.                 this->lblStatus1->setStyleSheet("background-color: rgb(121, 185, 92);");
  11.                 this->lblStatus1->setText("2");
  12.                 break;
  13.             case 3:
  14.                 this->lblStatus1->setStyleSheet("background-color: rgb(244, 209, 81);");
  15.                 this->lblStatus1->setText("3");
  16.                 break;
  17.             case 4:
  18.                 this->lblStatus1->setStyleSheet("background-color: rgb(239, 174, 77);");
  19.                 this->lblStatus1->setText("4");
  20.                 break;
  21.         case 5:
  22.             this->lblStatus1->setStyleSheet("background-color: rgb(239, 174, 77);");
  23.             this->lblStatus1->setText("4");
  24.             break;
  25.         }
  26.     }
  27. }
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I mean the main thing i want to know is how i can pass an instance of an object to a function so that i dont need the if(boxId == 1) thing?
Are there maybe better and more efficient ways? Dont want to waste 100 lines of code if there is a better solution with less lines


Greetz