.net - Form.Controls returns Nothing if looking for a Control which is in a TabControl or Panel

Question

I converted a project from vb6 to vb.net where I found a given control that was inside a TabControl via the collection Controls as such

Frm.Controls("ControlName")

I checked and the control does exist in the form.

I iterated on all that is inside the Controls Collection and the control is not there, only the TabControl which contains it. Does it mean that in vb.net I have to design a function to do something that vb6 could do?

Answer 1

You can use Me.Controls.Find("name", True) to search the form and all its child controlsto find controls with given name. The result is an array containing found controls.

For example:

Dim control = Me.Controls.Find("textbox1", True).FirstOrDefault()
If (control IsNot Nothing) Then
    MessageBox.Show(control.Name)
End If