How can I convert String to Controls?

[LeLouch Fenette]

For example...
Textbox Name="txt1"

Code:
String str="txt1";
I want str to become a controls/Textbox.
like this "str.text"..

[GaryTexmo]

You can't just cast it to a control, a string object doesn't have enough information to become a control. That said, you can use that name to find the control within a list of controls. In the case of a form, the form's Controls property allows you to look something up by name.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr....controls.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...ollection.aspx

(Specifically Item[String])

Give that a try. Make sure you check that the ContainsKey method using your control name as a parameter returns true before trying to access.

[arie]

Lets assume you have a string:

string str = "Some Text";

And you have a control, for example:

TextBox textBox1 = new TextBox();

What do you want to do, exactly?
Do you want to name your control using your string? If so, first make sure it doesn't contain any invalid characters. Which are those? I'm not sure at the moment, but the space is certainly not allowed. SO you'll have to remove it, and then assign it to your control's name, for example like that:

textBox1.Name = str.Replace(" ",""); 

Then, as GaryTexmo said, you can look it up using, e.g. Find, or IndexOfKey method

Find:

Controls [] ctab = yourContainer.Controls.Find(str.Replace(" ",""));
if(ctab.Count!=0) 
  Control found = ctad[0];

where yourContainer is your form or panel that the textBox1 is child of.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...tion.find.aspx

Using IndexOfKey:

int idx = yourContainer.Controls.IndexOfKey(str.Replace(" ",""));
if(idx!=-1)
   Control found = yourContainer.Controls[idx];

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...ndexofkey.aspx

If you just want to show your string in a TextBox, assign it to your TextBox Text field:

textBox1.Text = str