Accessing a component quickly

[StevenK]

I have a series of labels / textboxes within a form.
How do I quickly access one of these according to the name of the component ?
Currently we use syntax similar to the following :

for (int i=0; i<panel1.Controls.Count;i++)
{
if (panel1.Controls.Name.ToString() == &quot;TextBox1&quot
{
// We now know we are dealing with TextBox1 component
}
}

Is there a more direct way of doing this ?
Would the Tag's against the components be a quicker way of finding things ?

Within Borland Delphi I recall the 'FindComponent' function which allowed a quick handle to the component in question (by name I think) - is there an equivalent in C# ?

I'm not asking because the current method is slow - it just feels there should be a more direct route.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Steve

 

[chiph]

The only slow part about your code is that your loop will be testing the name of all the components that aren't a &quot;Textbox1&quot; (checkboxes, tabs, etc.). If you know the control names ahead of time you could place them in an array. Or perhaps build the array at form load-time, so you only have to do it once.

Chip H.