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

You can do the following:

private ToolStripMenuItem getToolStripMenuItemByName(string nameParam)
   {
      foreach (Control ctn in this.Controls)
         {
            if (ctn is ToolStripMenuItem)
               {
                   if (ctn.Name = nameParam)
                      {
                         return ctn;
                      }
                }
         }
         return null;
    }