Get a Windows Forms control by name in C#

Question

I have a ToolStripMenuItem called myMenu. How can I access this like so:

/* Normally, I would do: */
this.myMenu... etc.

/* But ho         


        

Answer 1

A simple solution would be to iterate through the Controls list in a foreach loop. Something like this:

foreach (Control child in Controls)
{
    // Code that executes for each control.
}

So now you have your iterator, child, which is of type Control. Now do what you will with that, personally I found this in a project I did a while ago in which it added an event for this control, like this:

child.MouseDown += new MouseEventHandler(dragDown);

Answer 2

Control GetControlByName(string Name)
{
    foreach(Control c in this.Controls)
        if(c.Name == Name)
            return c;

    return null;
}

Disregard this, I reinvent wheels.