Finding control type in ASP .NET if you only know the control name

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Joachim - 17 Nov 2006 11:15 GMT

How can you find a control's type in ASP .NET (using C#, in Page_Load
function) if you only know the control's name?

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Rad [Visual C# MVP] - 17 Nov 2006 13:58 GMT

Hey Joachim

If I understand you correctly you want to know the type of a control given
its name.

Given the contril is called Button2, You could try this:

string typeName = Page.FindControl("Button2").GetType().Name;

This will return "Button"

Hope that helps

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> How can you find a control's type in ASP .NET (using C#, in Page_Load
> function) if you only know the control's name?

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Joachim - 17 Nov 2006 15:07 GMT

Perfect! Thanks!

> Hey Joachim
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> > How can you find a control's type in ASP .NET (using C#, in Page_Load
> > function) if you only know the control's name?

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