I have a winforms application with multiple forms. In these forms I have multiple custom textboxes which are identical to the original textbox control with two more properties, propA and propB.
The objective of my application is to read from a data stream and display the messages in the corresponding custom textbox, from whichever form.
How can I iterate through all the custom textboxes from all forms, checking against propA and propB?
Here is what I currently have:
For j = 0 To dt.Rows.Count - 1
If dt.Rows(j)("propA") = Message.propA Then
For Each _txtbox As CustomTextBox In FindControlRecursive(allCtrl, ActiveForm, GetType(CustomTextBox))
If _txtbox.propB = dt.Rows(j)("propB") AndAlso _txtbox.propA = Message.propA Then
'Do stuff to message
Invoke(Sub()
Form2.CustomTextBox1.Text = Message.Data ' <- textbox updates even if form is out of focus
_txtbox.Text = Message.Data ' <- textbox only updates if it's form is focused
End Sub)
End If
Next
End If
Next
I have tried changing FindControlRecursive, which returns a list of controls, to a list with all the controls in my application with no success.