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.NET Clear all Textbox's in windows form

Hi

I have a bunch of textboxes that sit in 2 different GroupBox's that are in a tab control
I would like to be able to reset all textboxes and combo boxes

Thanks

Julian Hansen

Try this

foreach (Control control in this.Controls)
{
  if (control.GetType() == typeof(TextBox) ||
      control.GetType() == typeof(ComboBox))
  {
    control.Text = "";
  }
}

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jmcmunn

That will not catch the controls inside the GroupPanels and TabControl. You would have to do something like this method...call this method using ClearTextBoxes(this.Controls) and you're all set.

private void ClearTextBoxes( Control.ControlCollection controls )
{
foreach( Control control in controls )
{
if( control.Controls.Count > 0 )
ClearTextBoxes( control.Controls );

if( control.GetType() == typeof( TextBox ) ||
control.GetType() == typeof( ComboBox ) )
{
control.Text = "";
}
}
}

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RobRotterdam

A TabControl and a groupbox are controls themselves, with the first solution the textboxes on them won't be cleared.

I'd suggest you create an Utilities class in your application and in that class a static function:

public static clearTextboxes (object ClearObject) 
{
   foreach (Control control in ClearObject)
   {
     string ControlType = control.GetType().ToString();
      if (ControlType == "System.Windows.Forms.TextBox" || ControlType == "System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox"       
       {
             control.Text = ""; 
        }
      if (ControlType == "System.Windows.Forms.Panel" ||
          ControlType == "System.Windows.Forms.TabControl" ||
          ControlType == "System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox")
      {
           clearTextBoxes(control); 
      }
   }
}

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On the forms you want to clear you create a button and in the on-click event you define:

ApplicationUtil.clearTextBoxes(this);

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prowebinteractiveinc

ASKER

worked like a charm, not even anything to edit