Get control by name, including children

Question

I\'m trying to get a control by name. I wrote the following code:

public Control GetControlByName(string name)
{
    Control currentControl; 

    for(int i          


        

Answer 1

Just use the Controls collection Find method:

            var aoControls = this.Controls.Find("MyControlName", true);
            if ((aoControls != null) && (aoControls.Length != 0))
            {
                Control foundControl = aoControls[0];
            }