Searches for controls by their Name property and builds an array of all the controls that match.
Namespace:
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:
System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Function Find ( _
key As String, _
searchAllChildren As Boolean _
) As Control()
Dim instance As Control..::.ControlCollection
Dim key As String
Dim searchAllChildren As Boolean
Dim returnValue As Control()
returnValue = instance.Find(key, searchAllChildren)
public Control[] Find(
string key,
bool searchAllChildren
)
public:
array<Control^>^ Find(
String^ key,
bool searchAllChildren
)
public function Find(
key : String,
searchAllChildren : boolean
) : Control[]
| Exception | Condition |
|---|
| ArgumentException | The key parameter is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or the empty string (""). |
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
Reference