How can I dynamically clear all controls in a user control?
- by Michael
Is it possible to dynamically (and generically) clear the state of all of a user control's child controls? (e.g., all of its TextBoxes, DropDrownLists, RadioButtons, DataGrids, Repeaters, etc -- basically anything that has ViewState)
I'm trying to avoid doing something like this:
foreach (Control c in myUserControl.Controls)
{
if (c is TextBox)
{
TextBox tb = (TextBox)c;
tb.Text = "";
}
else if (c is DropDownList)
{
DropDownList ddl = (DropDownList)c;
ddl.SelectedIndex = -1;
}
else if (c is DataGrid)
{
DataGrid dg = (DataGrid)c;
dg.Controls.Clear();
}
// etc.
}
I'm looking for something like this:
foreach (Control c in myUserControl.Controls)
c.Clear();
...but obviously that doesn't exist. Is there any easy way to accomplish this dynamically/generically?
