dynamic textbox properties

Question

I have a form with a number textboxes placed in it. I used the designer to do this. Each textbox has a name already assigned (txtBox1, txtBox2, etc.....). I want to loop over these control names and assign a text value to each dynamically. I'm new to C# and am having trouble making this work. Any advice on how to best approach this?

Andrew Wooster · Answer

you can use the is operator in the above example to say: if (c is System.Windows.Forms.Textbox) Also if you want to generically call it (whatever type of control you have) you can take a look at the TypeDescriptor class.

alobiuc · Answer

A quick but dirty method would be: foreach(Control c in this.Controls) { if(c.GetType().ToString==System.Windows.Forms.TextBox) c.Text=Sometext; } There is probably a more elegant way around this but this is the first thing that came to my mind.