Yes, I also got it to work. Somehow I just overlooked it. Live and learn.

Bill

>You're welcome, Bill.
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>Sometime after posting my reply, I thought I should probably get around to trying it ... I did and it works as expected.
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>~~Bonnie
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>>Hey Bonnie,
>>
>>Hmm, somehow I overlooked this or misinterpreted it. Silly me. I'll take a look at it, thanks.
>>
>>>Hi Bill,
>>>
>>>The Controls collection has a Find method that looks like it might do the trick, but I haven't actually tried it. I think it would probably be used like this:
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>>>

>>>this.Controls.Find("MyControl", true);
>>>

>>>The second parameter is for SearchAllChildren.
>>>
>>>~~Bonnie
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>>>
>>>>If a control is nested within other controls on a Windows form and the control Name is known, is it possible to get a reference to the control without doing a recursive search of the control array? Recursively searching the control array is the only method I have been able to find for this. Although this works, I would prefer a more direct approach if one exists.
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>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Bill