How to compare two values of two strings

Question

Hi How can I compare two strings so that I get the best match. I have made form1 with two panels.In the upper panel there is a textbox in which user can enter any string and now I want to compare this string with the text property of other forms (form2form3 etc....). If string matches completely with the text property of any particular form then it should display that form on lower panel in form1 . and if it does not matches  then it should display error in messagebox. How can I do this........

Danatas Gervi · Answer

Closed - what does it mean? Created (by new operator) and not showed yet? If your forms are existing in main form collection (MDIChildren for example) - create a handler for event TextChanged for your textbox: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE HE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:Table Normal; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibrisans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} private void textBox1_TextChanged ( object sender  EventArgs e ) { foreach ( Form chForm in MdiChildren ) { if ( chForm . Text == textBox1 . Text ) { chForm . Activate (); } }

vinni jain · Answer

All my forms are closed initially........ I am entering the string in textbox and if it exactly matches with the text of any of the forms then that form should open in the lower panel.

Roei Bar · Answer

do you want to compare with all open forms specific TextBox Items on forms? i need some more data in order to provide the right code