VB.NET - Iterating through controls in a container object

Question

I have a form with a \"Clear\" button.

When the user clicks \"Clear\", I want to clear the value of all the visible elements on the form. In the case of date contro

Answer 1

This comes straight from an article discussing techniques to use now that Control Arrays have been done away with going from VB6 to VB.NET.

Private Sub ClearForm(ByVal ctrlParent As Control)
    Dim ctrl As Control
    For Each ctrl In ctrlParent.Controls
        If TypeOf ctrl Is TextBox Then
           ctrl.Text = ""
        End If
        ' If the control has children, 
        ' recursively call this function
        If ctrl.HasChildren Then
            ClearForm(ctrl)
        End If
    Next
End Sub