vb.net How upload data from a .txt file into the controls on the UI using control name

Hi taviaf;

Read each line of the file and parse it to control name and the value. Then on the Form that the control is on you can do the following.

Dim ctl = Me.Controls.Find(name, True)

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Where the name is the control you need to update and True is to search ALL child controls. That method returns an array of controls. If the control was found it will be in position 0. Depending on which property you may be updating you may need to cast to the control type. For example

Dim tb As TextBox = DirectCast(ctl(0), TextBox)

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In this sample you can update the TextBox, tb, as needed.

@Fernando Soto, I am new to vb.net so you may have to be just a bit more detailed.  Sorry....

When you say that to, please ignore <%:\%>, does that mean that it is not in the file?

No that is in the file. If I was to use part of the current function it ignores those. Put if I was to write my own then DO NOT ignore.

In this case do not ignore because the .txt file is saved like the example that I gave.  

That's all.....