Get a Windows Forms control by name in C#

Question

I have a ToolStripMenuItem called myMenu. How can I access this like so:

/* Normally, I would do: */
this.myMenu... etc.

/* But ho         


        

Answer 1

this.Controls["name"];

This is the actual code that is ran:

public virtual Control this[string key]
{
    get
    {
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(key))
        {
            int index = this.IndexOfKey(key);
            if (this.IsValidIndex(index))
            {
                return this[index];
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

vs:

public Control[] Find(string key, bool searchAllChildren)
{
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(key))
    {
        throw new ArgumentNullException("key", SR.GetString("FindKeyMayNotBeEmptyOrNull"));
    }
    ArrayList list = this.FindInternal(key, searchAllChildren, this, new ArrayList());
    Control[] array = new Control[list.Count];
    list.CopyTo(array, 0);
    return array;
}

private ArrayList FindInternal(string key, bool searchAllChildren, Control.ControlCollection controlsToLookIn, ArrayList foundControls)
{
    if ((controlsToLookIn == null) || (foundControls == null))
    {
        return null;
    }
    try
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < controlsToLookIn.Count; i++)
        {
            if ((controlsToLookIn[i] != null) && WindowsFormsUtils.SafeCompareStrings(controlsToLookIn[i].Name, key, true))
            {
                foundControls.Add(controlsToLookIn[i]);
            }
        }
        if (!searchAllChildren)
        {
            return foundControls;
        }
        for (int j = 0; j < controlsToLookIn.Count; j++)
        {
            if (((controlsToLookIn[j] != null) && (controlsToLookIn[j].Controls != null)) && (controlsToLookIn[j].Controls.Count > 0))
            {
                foundControls = this.FindInternal(key, searchAllChildren, controlsToLookIn[j].Controls, foundControls);
            }
        }
    }
    catch (Exception exception)
    {
        if (ClientUtils.IsSecurityOrCriticalException(exception))
        {
            throw;
        }
    }
    return foundControls;
}