Loop through all Checkboxes on a form [duplicate]

Answer 1

Here's a method that you can add to a form that provides access to every control on the form via the Tab order:

Public Iterator Function GetControls() As IEnumerable(Of Control)
    Dim ctrl = GetNextControl(Me, True)

    Do Until ctrl Is Nothing
        Yield ctrl

        ctrl = GetNextControl(ctrl, True)
    Loop
End Function

Because that is an iterator, you can chain other LINQ methods to it. To get the Tag of each CheckBox into an array:

Dim checkBoxTags = GetControls().OfType(Of CheckBox)().
                                 Select(Function(cb) CStr(cb.Tag)).
                                 ToArray()

If you wanted to use this method for multiple forms then, rather than repeating the code in each of them, you can add a single extension method:

Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices

Public Module FormExtensions

    
    Public Iterator Function GetControls(source As Form) As IEnumerable(Of Control)
        Dim ctrl = source.GetNextControl(source, True)

        Do Until ctrl Is Nothing
            Yield ctrl

            ctrl = source.GetNextControl(ctrl, True)
        Loop
    End Function

End Module

and then call it in each form as though it were a member.