Control.ControlCollection.Find(String, Boolean) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:: System.Windows.Forms.dll

Source:: Control.ControlCollection.cs

Source:: Control.ControlCollection.cs

Source:: Control.ControlCollection.cs

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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 ("").

Applies to

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