How can I loop thru all controls (including ToolStripItems) C#
- by Murray
I need to save and restore settings for specific controls on a form.
I loop thru all controls and return the one whose name matches the one I want, like so:
private static Control GetControlByName(string name, Control.ControlCollection Controls)
{
Control thisControl = null;
foreach (Control c in Controls)
{
if (c.Name == name)
{
thisControl = c;
break;
}
if (c.Controls.Count > 0)
{
thisControl = GetControlByName(name, c.Controls);
if (thisControl != null)
{
break;
}
}
}
return thisControl;
}
From this I can determine the type of control and therefore the property that should be / has been stored.
This works well unless the control is one of the ToolStrip family which has been added to a toolstrip. e.g.
this.toolStrip.Items.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[] {
this.lblUsername, // ToolStripLabel
this.toolStripSeparator1,
this.cbxCompany}); // ToolStripComboBox
In this case I can see the control I'm interested in (cbxCompany) when debugging, but the name property has no value so the code does not match to it.
Any suggestions on how I can get to these controls too?
Cheers,
Murray
