>>>>>>>If I'm looping through all the controls on a form, is there something I can check to see if it is a "valid" control, in that it can accept entry from the user? I do not want labels, containers, images, etc. I only want things like textboxes, checkboxes, combos, etc. Do they all have some property/method that I can check for?
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>>>>>>Value.
>>>>>>ControlSource.
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>>>>>Damn. Almost. It could include buttons and stuff like that too. Maybe there is no common property/method for the controls I want, but not the others.
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>>>>GotFocus? Except you could filter out containers if you don't want to include those...
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>>>What about Enabled?
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>>Which classes you need to consider? Containers have enabled property, shapes have it too.
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>Looks like I'll just have to create a list. Stupid really. You would think there would be something they all have in common that the others don't.
How about ControlSource?
I think (not sure) that only controls that can be bound to some Filed had it.
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