Control.ControlCollection.Find(String, Boolean) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Source:

Control.ControlCollection.cs

Searches for controls by their Name property and builds an array of all the controls that match.

public:
 cli::array <System::Windows::Forms::Control ^> ^ Find(System::String ^ key, bool searchAllChildren);

public System.Windows.Forms.Control[] Find (string key, bool searchAllChildren);

member this.Find : string * bool -> System.Windows.Forms.Control[]

Public Function Find (key As String, searchAllChildren As Boolean) As Control()

Parameters

key

String

The key to locate in the Control.ControlCollection.

searchAllChildren

Boolean

true to search all child controls; otherwise, false.

Returns

Control[]

An array of type Control containing the matching controls.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

key is null or the empty string ("").