needed: C# equivelent of GetElementByID

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hi Here is the Scenario.... I have a hashtable Key is a number value is the textbox that I want to populate (ie/ FirstNameTextbox). I want to be able to get that value out of there and populate THAT textbox with a value. ie/ the code COULD look like this: FirstNameTextbox.Text = some Value; ...but i am doing this with Hundreds of textbox's so I'd like to be able to write a method to do this something like this: public void PopulateTextbox(string textBoxName string textBoxValue){ ????????????????????????????????????????? } what is the line I am missing? I think it should be something like: Page.GetElementbyID(textBoxName).Value = textBoxValue; can anyone help me????

Administrator · Answer

Hi public void PopulateTextbox(string textBoxName string textBoxValue){ TextBox objTB = (TextBox)htMyCollection[textBoxName]; objTB.Text = textBoxValue } Cheers

Administrator · Answer

Your textboxes are in Controls collection of forms. There is no method to get control from collection by name. Try foreach(Control ctrl in myForm.Controls) { if(ctrl.Name==textBoxName) ctrl.Text=textBoxValue; break; } or reverse this problem: change all the texts in the foreach loop (may be - checking type of control will be necessary as well). Next - hashtable value is a name of textbox I think. If it's a a textbox object there's no problem: textBox.Text=textBoxValue Is it possible ? May be the better solution is to convert textBox names to objects in hashtable once by loop.