Find components on a windows form c# (not controls)

Question

I know how to find and collect a list of all the controls used in a Windows Form. Something like this:

static public void FillControls(Control control, List         


        

Answer 1

Surprisingly, it seems the only way to do this is via reflection.

private IEnumerable EnumerateComponents()
{
    return from field in GetType().GetFields(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic)
           where typeof (Component).IsAssignableFrom(field.FieldType)
           let component = (Component) field.GetValue(this)
           where component != null
           select component;
}