getting an object's label by using sender.text

[Psychotron]

This is the code i have, but it's not working. what i want is for the label of the object i'm clicking on to appear in the textbox:

Sub Generic()
        Dim Ctl As Control
        For Each Ctl In Controls
            AddHandler Ctl.Click, AddressOf GenericClick
        Next
    End Sub

    Sub GenericClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        CustSummaryTxt.Text = sender.text

    End Sub

on Form_Load i'm calling Generic(), but the code doesn't work. nothing is displayed in my textbox when i click on a control.

[Dr_Evil]

hmm... I just tried your code and it worked fine for some controls but not all of them. Here's a small rundown.

LinkLabel - OK
Button - OK
CheckBox - OK
Label - OK
RadioButton - OK
TreeView - NO
DataGrid - NO
GroupByBox - NO
DateTimePicker - NO

I'm not sure why this is, and I'd imagine there's a work around. Let me play around with this for awhile. I'll let you know if I find anything.

[Psychotron]

thanks for the help. i determined what my problem is. the text of the control will only appear in the textbox as long as the control isn't in a container. so i'm trying to figure out how to get it to appear for my controls in my groupboxes.

I tryed changing Dim Ctl as Control to Dim Ctl as ControlContainer, but i get an exception when i run the program.

Thanks, Brad.

[Dr_Evil]

Try this.

        Dim objControl As Control

        For Each objControl In Me.GroupBox1.Controls
            AddHandler objControl.Click, AddressOf GenericClick 
        Next