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Converting a Control to a ToolStripButton Object

I have a reference to a control that I know is of type ToolStripButton, but when I try to cast it to an object of type ToolStripButton I get a compiler error

Error 2 Cannot convert type 'System.Windows.Forms.Control' to 'System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton'

Here is the code

foreach (Control c in this.Controls)
{
if (c.GetType() == typeof(System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton))
{
ToolStripButton t = (System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton)c;
// ToolStripButton t = c as System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton;
SetToolstripButton(t);
}
}

How can I do this?

Nash2334

If it's passing the type check you should be able to cast it fine, where does the problem occur?

Nash2334

Note that you may need to recurse through the controls if you are calling this method from your base form; the form's control references are only to its direct children.

private void FindToolStripButton(Control.ControlCollection controlCollection)
{
foreach (Control control in controlCollection)
{
if (control.Controls.Count > 0)
{
FindToolStripButton(control.Controls);
}
else
{
if (control.GetType().Equals(typeof(ToolStripButton))
{
ToolStripButton t = control as ToolStripButton;
SetToolStripButton(t);
}
}

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