Control.FindForm Method ()
.NET Framework (current version)
Retrieves the form that the control is on.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
The control's Parent property value might not be the same as the Form returned by FindForm method. For example, if a RadioButton control is contained within a GroupBox control, and the GroupBox is on a Form, the RadioButton control's Parent is the GroupBox and the GroupBox control's Parent is the Form.
The following code example finds the form that contains the specified button.
// This example uses the Parent property and the Find method of Control to set // properties on the parent control of a Button and its Form. The example assumes // that a Button control named button1 is located within a GroupBox control. The // example also assumes that the Click event of the Button control is connected to // the event handler method defined in the example. private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { // Get the control the Button control is located in. In this case a GroupBox. Control control = button1.Parent; // Set the text and backcolor of the parent control. control.Text = "My Groupbox"; control.BackColor = Color.Blue; // Get the form that the Button control is contained within. Form myForm = button1.FindForm(); // Set the text and color of the form containing the Button. myForm.Text = "The Form of My Control"; myForm.BackColor = Color.Red; }
UIPermission
for all windows to call this method. Associated enumeration: AllWindows value of UIPermissionWindow.
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Available since 1.1
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