How do I get all controls on a form? [resolved]

[Shurijo]

I'm trying to loop through each control on my form, but tabcontrols, tabpages, groupboxes, etc. are getting in my way. Is there anyway that I can get all controls at the form level, without having to loop through each groupbox of each tabpage of each tabcontrol?

(Add a form, add a tabcontrol, then add a few controls and controls within groupboxes to a few tabpages, then try to loop through all of that.)

When I try me.controls, it only returns the tabcontrols. Then I try me.tabcontrol1.controls, then it only returns the tabpages. Then when try me.tablcontrol1.tabpage(0).controls, then it only returns the groupboxes.

I don't want to create multiple loops for each tabcontrol\tabpage\groupbox (because not all controls are in the bottom level), I just want to loop through each control on the entire form.

thanks

[PeteD]

best to use a recursive method:

RecursiveMethod(YourForm)
 
   Private Sub RecursiveMethod(ByVal control As Control)
      MessageBox.Show(control.Name)
      If control.Controls.Count > 0 Then   ' If the control holds other controls, iterate through them also.
         For Each childControl As Control In control.Controls
            RecursiveMethod(childControl)
         Next
      End If
   End Sub