Getting the Location of a control on a form

I have a textbox created in code and displayed on a form.

I need to get the location of the control within the form.

I'm able to get it using

textBox.Location if the control is placed on a form.

BUT, if the control is placed inside a GroupBox (frame) then

textBox.Location return the location of the textBox inside the frame and not the location of the texBox compared with the form.

any ideas how I can get the Location based on the form

note: the my control can any be placed on the form, inside another control or inside a another control that is also inside another control, i.e. a frame in a frame.:p

to simplify, all I really need is the Location (x,y coords) of my control relative to the form, and not relative to a frame that it is in.

:rolleyes:

Didn't feel like starting a new C# project, so here it is in VB...

VB Code:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
                              ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
                              Handles Button1.Click
        Dim pt As Drawing.Point = Button1.Location
 
        pt = Button1.PointToScreen(pt)
        pt = Button1.TopLevelControl.PointToClient(pt)
 
        MsgBox("Top:" & pt.Y & "; Left:" & pt.X)
 
    End Sub

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